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The Florida midterms took a surprising twist when several recounts were announced. One of the races getting another look is the governor's race, where a machine recount will determine the winner of the Andrew Gillum/Ron DeSantis race. The recount is expected to conclude on November 18.Although Gillum conceded the race on election night, after rumblings of the recount surfaced, he reversed his position and began advocating to make sure every single vote was counted. President Donald Trump wasn't happy about this. Mayor Gillum conceded on Election Day and now Broward County has put him “back into play.” Bill Nelson conceded Election - now he’s back in play!? This is an embarrassment to our Country and to Democracy!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2018"This is an embarrassment to our Country and to Democracy!" the president tweeted on Friday.Trump has a history of antagonizing the Florida gubernatorial candidate, and well, he's got the right one. Gillum turned Trump's tweet on its head, and responded, "What's embarrassing to democracy is not counting every vote — and you, of course."What’s embarrassing to democracy is not counting every vote — and you, of course. Count every vote. https://t.co/ZfrBBcymrg— Andrew Gillum (@AndrewGillum) November 9, 2018Mic dropped.Back in October, about a week before Election Day, Trump called Gillum a "thief" and contrasted him with "Harvard/Yale educated man" Ron DeSantis in clearly racist language. In Florida there is a choice between a Harvard/Yale educated man named @RonDeSantisFL who has been a great Congressman and will be a great Governor - and a Dem who is a thief and who is Mayor of poorly run Tallahassee, said to be one of the most corrupt cities in the Country!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 29, 2018 Gillum wasn't here for it then either, even calling out Trump for being passive-aggressive and not including his Twitter name in the tweet:On Twitter there is a choice between having the courage to @ the person you are trash talking, or not. @realDonaldTrump is howling because he's weak. Florida, go vote today. https://t.co/I8uOokptJA— Andrew Gillum (@AndrewGillum) October 29, 2018It wasn't the first time Gillum used the line on Trump. When the president called him out in August, Gillum responded with a similar tweet: What our state and country needs is decency, hope, and leadership. If you agree, join us at https://t.co/fm0ODFFGWU. Also, @ me next time, @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/59dQy8RLsm— Andrew Gillum (@AndrewGillum) August 29, 2018Now, check these out: Andrew Gillum Could Still Be Florida’s Governor As A Machine Recount Is Now ConfirmedBernie Sanders Faces Backlash For Saying White People 'Uncomfortable' Voting For Black Candidates Aren't 'Necessarily Racist’Ben Jealous And Andrew Gillum Lose Gubernatorial Races And Other Election Night...

After brushing off the dangerous actions of white supremacists and remaining coy about whether he identifies as one during his first two years in office, President Donald Trump finally chose to term himself a nationalist in October.PBS NewsHour White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor asked Trump directly about the concern his declaring himself a nationalist aligned him with white supremacists at a press conference Wednesday. As Blavity reported, the president said her question was "racist."I’ve personally interviewed white nationalists who say they are more excited by President Trump than other presidents in the past. Even if President Trump doesn’t intend it, some see him as directly appealing to racists. https://t.co/nqJAmMs63y— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) November 7, 2018On Wednesday, the day President Trump denounced Alcindor's question, white supremacist Patrick Casey visited the White House. In a series of pictures posted to Twitter with the caption, "Evropa has landed at the White House!," the proud supremacist posed in front of the landmark.Evropa has landed at the White House! pic.twitter.com/nlExBhNP4V— Patrick Casey (@PatrickCaseyIE) November 7, 2018According to Slate, Identity Evropa promotes white supremacy under the banner of "European identity" and has been working hard at amplifying its message using mainstream sources. Casey is the leader of this group.As The Daily Beast reports, Evropa's members marched in the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. "We don't believe America needs to be 100 percent white, but we do think that America isn't going to be America if there isn't a European America supermajority," Casey told Brittany Pettibone in an interview, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. "We want to end immigration for the time being. And in the future, we would like to have immigration policies that favor high-skilled immigrants from, you know, Europe, Canada, Australia and so forth. And we also do want to have programs of remigration wherein people who feel more of a connection to another part of the world, another race, another culture, even another religion in the case of Islam can return to their native homelands essentially."According to White House deputy press secretary Lindsay Walters, this wasn't a special or private visit, however. Walters told The Daily Beast that Casey “was one of more than twenty-five thousand people who came to the White House Fall Garden Tour, which is open to the public. Free tickets are made available to anyone who wants to attend.”The Fall Garden Tour was on October 20-21, though, so the recent posting raises questions. The Hill notes President Trump recently took pictures with and perhaps met with fringe conspiracy theorist Lionel Lebron. Lebron is the man behind the QAnon conspiracy.After tweeting the pictures, Casey repeated the press secretary's claims about the timing of his visit on Twitter.TO CLARIFY:I attended the White House during a tour, for which tickets are freely available to the public. I would, though, like to thank @jaredlholt, @JGreenblattADL, @jaketapper, and every other guillible, histrionic loser for the free advertising! https://t.co/GqAlYrIeNb— Patrick Casey (@PatrickCaseyIE) November 8, 2018Now, check these out: Donald Trump Promotes His Charlottesville Winery Before Again Saying 'Both Sides' To Blame For Charlottesville ViolenceTa-Nehisi Coates Reads All The Receipts Proving Donald Trump Just Might Be A White SupremacistNew Allegation From Trump Administration Exposé 'Fire and Fury' Claims Trump Tried To Rationalize The...