People on Twitter can\u2019t believe the gall of Eric Trump\u2019s latest defense of his father, President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
In an interview with the Associated Press published Tuesday, the president\u2019s second-eldest son claimed the backlash his father has received from businesses following his incitement of last week\u2019s riot at the U.S. Capitol was simply down to \u201ccancel culture.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deutsche Bank has reportedly cut ties with Trump and the Trump Organization, of which Eric Trump is executive vice president, and the PGA has moved the 2022 championship tournament from the president\u2019s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe live in the age of cancel culture, but this isn\u2019t something that started this week. It is something that they have been doing to us and others for years,\u201d Eric Trump attempted to explain away the critical response to his father\u2019s outrageous conduct, for which the president is expected to be impeached on a single article of incitement to insurrection by House Democrats on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you disagree with them, if they don\u2019t like you, they try and cancel you,\u201d added Eric Trump, who himself urged supporters of his father to \u201cshow some fight\u201d and \u201cmarch on the Capitol\u201d at a rally in Washington before the riot.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in the interview, Eric Trump suggested his father \u201cwould get followed to the ends of the Earth by a hundred million Americans\u201d because he\u2019d created \u201cthe greatest political movement in American history and his opportunities are endless.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the end of the interview, however, the line went dead after Eric Trump was asked \u201cif he felt his father incited the crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n
Many of Eric Trump\u2019s comments in the interview jarred with Twitter users, but it was the \u201ccancel culture\u201d claim that invoked particular ire:<\/p>\n