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Donald Trump speaks at a Feb. 26 rally in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. | AP Photo Trump retweets another white supremacist

Donald Trump thanked another white supremacist for his support on Saturday.

Trump manually retweeted @NeilTurner_, whose Twitter bio slams political correctness, says “#WhiteGenocide is real,” and includes “#Trump2016.”

“There’s only one real candidate, and it’s you! Donors control the other candidates! #VoteTrump,” the user tweeted, with Trump adding a “Thank you” in his retweet.

"@NeilTurner_: @realDonaldTrump There's only one real candidate, and it's you! Donors control the other candidates! #VoteTrump" Thank you. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 27, 2016

David Duke, a white nationalist and former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, said this week that voting against Trump "is really treason to your heritage." Duke said he doesn’t endorse Trump but supports his candidacy.

Saturday isn’t the first time Trump has retweeted a white supremacist. In January he retweeted a neo-Nazi’s attack on Jeb Bush. The user’s name was @WhiteGenocideTM, and his profile has a banner with red lettering reading, “Get the f--- out of my country.”

"@WhiteGenocideTM: @realDonaldTrump Poor Jeb. I could've sworn I saw him outside Trump Tower the other day! pic.twitter.com/e5uLRubqla" — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 22, 2016

POLITICO reported in December that the KKK was using Trump's campaign as a talking point in its outreach efforts. At the time, Duke, a former Louisiana state representative, said the Republican front-runner had enabled Americans to be more outspoken about white nationalism than at any time since his own campaigns in the 1990s.