--- title: Republican Convention Retweets White Supremacist description: The Republican National Convention displayed a tweet by a white-supremacist account during Donald Trump's nomination acceptance speech canonical: https://time.com/4418591/republican-convention-white-supremacist-tweet/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-22T05:34:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:27:57.785Z article:section: Politics og:title: GOP Shows White Supremacist's Tweet During Trump's Speech og:description: The account's author advocates for apartheid and racial segregation. og:url: https://time.com/4418591/republican-convention-white-supremacist-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d13d26573ab801c/69889ec7bc6cfc7bf63ddeb9/republican-convention2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Delegates pose for an official convention photograph on the opening day of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 18, 2016. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: GOP Shows White Supremacist's Tweet During Trump's Speech twitter:description: The account's author advocates for apartheid and racial segregation. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d13d26573ab801c/69889ec7bc6cfc7bf63ddeb9/republican-convention2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # GOP Shows White Supremacist's Tweet During Trump's Speech by [Sam Frizell / Cleveland](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell / Cleveland Jul 22, 2016 5:34 AM UTC  Delegates pose for an official convention photograph on the opening day of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 18, 2016. Delegates pose for an official convention photograph on the opening day of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 18, 2016.ROBYN BECK—AFP/Getty Images by [Sam Frizell / Cleveland](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell / Cleveland Jul 22, 2016 5:34 AM UTC The Republican National Convention displayed a tweet by a white-supremacist account during Donald Trump’s nomination acceptance speech on Thursday night. The tweet, written by the account @Western\_Triumph, appeared on four large screens in the Quicken Loans Arena Republican after the halfway mark during Donald Trump’s acceptance speech on Thursday night. It was one of a series of tweets by Twitter users that appeared in the hall that were curated by the Republican National Convention. The tweet cited a line from Trump’s speech accepting the Republican nomination. > [](https://twitter.com/Western%5FTriumph/status/756316297860943872) @Western\_Triumph’s Twitter bio includes a series of white supremacist slogans as hashtags, including “#AltRight,” “#ProWhite,” and “#RaceRealist.” In other tweets, the account’s author advocates for apartheid and race segregation among other racist messages. > [](https://twitter.com/Western%5FTriumph/status/751988127208792068) The Republican National Convention did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump has been accused for tacitly encouraging racism on the Internet and among his followers. He declined several times last year to disavow the endorsement of David Duke, the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Last year, Trump retweeted incorrect statistics that suggested blacks were responsible for 81% of white homicide victims. In June, the Republican nominee retweeted an image that had first appeared on a white supremacist website and included a Jewish star, along with Hillary Clinton’s face and the words “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever” superimposed on a pile of money. The tweet by @Western\_Triumph was one of a series of tweets the RNC showed during Trump’s remarks in which he accepted the Republican nomination. > [](https://twitter.com/AAARF/status/756326230702460928) It’s not the first snafu the Republican National Convention has made with its Twitter screen. The party also displayed during the convention proceedings on Monday a tweet by the white-supremacist group VDARE. > [](http://twitter.com/EsotericCD/status/755572756033306624) At another point, the party displayed a tweet by Josh Schwerin, a Clinton campaign spokesman. > [](https://twitter.com/danielhalper/status/755134806250389504) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4418591/republican-convention-white-supremacist-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4418591/republican-convention-white-supremacist-tweet/"},"headline":"GOP Shows White Supremacist's Tweet During Trump's Speech","datePublished":"2016-07-22T05:34:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:27:57.785Z","description":"The Republican National Convention displayed a tweet by a white-supremacist account during Donald Trump's nomination acceptance speech","url":"https://time.com/4418591/republican-convention-white-supremacist-tweet/","keywords":["Republican National Convention","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d13d26573ab801c/69889ec7bc6cfc7bf63ddeb9/republican-convention2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell / Cleveland"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d13d26573ab801c/69889ec7bc6cfc7bf63ddeb9/republican-convention2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Delegates pose for an official convention photograph on the opening day of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 18, 2016.","caption":"Delegates pose for an official convention photograph on the opening day of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 18, 2016.","creditText":"ROBYN BECK—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/republican-national-convention/","name":"Republican National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4418591/republican-convention-white-supremacist-tweet/","name":"GOP Shows White Supremacist's Tweet During Trump's Speech"}}]}] ```