"...These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen," the 45th U.S. President wrote.
Subsequently, Twitter added a marker to the tweet saying it "violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence."
In a statement obtained by Blavity, Perez didn't hold back in criticizing the president for making the already volatile situation even worse with his tweet.
“The killing of George Floyd is another tragic case of the violence Black men face in America every single day," he wrote.
"No person of character and common sense can watch the video footage of what police did to George Floyd without being horrified."
