Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey after paying a visit to the White House on April 23, called Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, because of the death threats that she received on Twitter following a post by President Trump himself.
In addition Omar has been the target of a stream of ‘mean’ comments on Twitter.
As she said in a statement posted on Twitter, “Since the President’s tweet i have experienced an increase in direct threats on my life—many directly referencing or replying to the President’s video.”
in her exact word ;
“We are all Americans. This is endangering lives. It has to stop.
According to a Washington Post report: Dorsey stood by his decision not to pull Trump’s tweet—a video that combined a controversial phrase from Omar’s speech at a Council on Islamic Relations banquet with footage of the attacks on the Twin Towers. President Trump captioned it all with: “NEVER FORGET.”
Twitter’s refusal to take down Trump’s video already posted elsewhere across the Internet has made leftist protests against the company.
As a result The Women’s March has launched a petition asking Twitter and Facebook to suspend President Trump’s accounts and is threatening to protest at Twitter’s upcoming stockholder meeting.
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