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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Looting leads to shooting, and that’s why a man was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Wednesday night - or look at what just happened in Louisville with 7 people shot. I don’t want this to happen, and that’s what the expression put out last night means.... ....It was spoken as a fact, not as a statement. It’s very simple, nobody should have any problem with this other than the haters, and those looking to cause trouble on social media. Honor the memory of George Floyd! 2:20 PM · May 29, 2020

Twitter placed a warning label on one of President Trump's tweets about the protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota over George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody. The social media giant said the early Friday morning tweet, which called the protesters "THUGS" and implied they could be shot, "glorified violence" and therefore violated Twitter's rules on violence. Twitter did not take the tweet down, but it is hidden from view unless a user wants to see it. . . . "Twitter is doing nothing about all of the lies & propaganda being put out by China or the Radical...

OK This really crosses the line ... Twitter are now directly censoring Trump's tweets! Do you think he should give up on Twitter and signup to an alternative like Parler(.com)? Many banned/shunned conservatives are on that site and it's a very similar platform to Twitter. If Trump left Twitter and signed up to Parler(.com) he would take many of his 80 MILLION followers with him! It could be HUGE... Discuss!

A total lack of leadership. Either the very weak Radical Left Mayor, Jacob Frey, get his act together and bring the City under control, or I will send in the National Guard & get the job done right.....Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump ....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!

Twitter said Friday morning that a tweet from President Trump in which he threatened shooting in response to civil unrest in Minneapolis violated the company's rules. The company said it was leaving the tweet up in the public interest. Why it matters: The move exacerbates tensions between Twitter and Trump over the company's authority to label or limit his speech and, conversely, the president's authority to dictate rules for a private company.