Ivanka Trump Calls Rioters American Patriots, Then Deletes Tweet

Ivanka Trump’s controversial tweet has provoked an enormous backlash. (File photograph)

New Delhi:

Ivanka Trump deleted a tweet calling the mob that stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday “American Patriots”, the US media reported, whilst screenshots circulating on-line provoked an enormous backlash.

4 folks died in clashes after a big group of supporters of President Donald Trump entered the Capitol in extraordinary occasions in Washington on Wednesday night, when the Congress was assembly to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s election win.

Ivanka Trump posted the controversial tweet as she retweeted her father’s put up urging his supporters to “keep peaceable”.

“American Patriots – any safety breach or disrespect to our regulation enforcement is unacceptable. The violence should cease,” she tweeted.

Ivanka Trump posted the controversial tweet as she retweeted her father’s put up urging his supporters to “keep peaceable”.

Because the tweet drew condemnation, it was deleted however not quick sufficient to stop screenshots doing the rounds on social media.

A CNN reporter tweeted the screenshot with the query: “Clarifying…you are saying these persons are patriots??”

Ivanka Trump responded: “No. Peaceable protest is patriotic. Violence is unacceptable and have to be condemned within the strongest phrases.”

Fifty-two folks had been arrested after the pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol to cease Congress from certifying President-elect Biden’s victory.

Twitter and Fb quickly locked the accounts of the US President as tech giants scrambled to crack down on his baseless claims concerning the elections.

Twitter hid three of Trump’s tweets. The microblogging website locked Trump’s account for 12 hours and mentioned that if the tweets weren’t eliminated, the account would stay locked.

Fb later tweeted it might block Trump’s web page from posting for twenty-four hours because of two coverage violations.