Twitter Hits Trump With Content Warning for Tweet ‘Glorifying Violence’

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Looks like the gloves are off. Citing its “rules about glorifying violence,” on Friday morning Twitter placed a content warning on an angry tweet by Donald Trump that appeared to threaten the use of violence against rioters in Minneapolis.

https://twitter.com/TwitterComms/status/1266267446979129345

The riots on Thursday grew out of protests that erupted earlier in the week in response to the death of George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who was killed by police officers on Memorial day. The officers involved were fired, but no charges have yet been filed.

Late Thursday night, Trump weighed in on the latest developments in Minneapolis on Twitter, saying in a pair of tweets: “I can’t stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis.

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