“When the looting starts, the shooting starts,” Trump tweeted.
TWITTER on Friday flagged a tweet from President Donald Trump for allegedly violating its rules about “glorifying violence”.
Tweeter was displeased with Trump’s “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” in regards to the ongoing unrest in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd.
“These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!” Trump tweeted shortly before 1 a.m. Friday.
“This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible,” the social media company said.
Without addressing the Twitter guidelines that got his tweet flagged, Trump responded swiftly to Twitter saying the social media giant only targets Republicans.
“Twitter is doing nothing about all of the lies & propaganda being put out by China or the Radical Left Democrat Party,” Trump tweeted. “They have targeted Republicans, Conservatives & the President of the United States. Section 230 should be revoked by Congress. Until then, it will be regulated.”
This is the second time this week Twitter has taken action against Trump’s tweets.
It previously flagged two of Trump’s tweets about mail-in voting in California, saying Trump’s tweets were misleading about elections.
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