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Twitter locked President Donald Trump’s Twitter account Wednesday and deleted two tweets, warning he could face permanent suspension, the social media company’s strongest response yet to the president after he tweeted support for rioters who stormed the Capitol Building.
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Key Facts
Twitter removed two of Trump’s tweets addressing the riots in which the president urged rioters to “go home”—but said he knows their “pain” and “these are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away.”
The company said in a statement Trump’s account will be locked for the next 12 hours, meaning the president won’t be able to tweet until he also removes the tweets on his own.
Any future violations of Twitter’s rules, including the company’s Civic Integrity or Violent Threats policies, “will result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account,” the company said.
Tangent
Facebook also removed both of Trump’s posts, but did not lock his account or warn of a permanent ban.
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