America hit 100,000 deaths on Wednesday May 27.
Trump got pushback from some allies for continuing to tweet accusations that Joe Scarborough killed an aide in the 90s.
Pressure was put on Twitter to delete the tweets, which they declined to do.
The widow sent a letter to Twitter’s CEO asking him to take down the tweet: “I’m asking you to intervene in this instance because the president of the United States has taken something that does not belong to him — the memory of my dead wife — and perverted it for perceived political gain.” They declined to do so.They declined. However, they did start fact checking Trump’s tweets.
Trump responded with an Executive Order limiting liability protections for social media companies.
George Floyd was killed by strangulation by police on Monday, Memorial Day, setting off protests that spread across the country throughout the week.
Twitter blocked a Trump tweet for violating its rules.
Here is the tweet: ….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!
More on Trump’s looting/shooting tweet here.
Here is a gut-check by a New York Times critic on the fake censorship Trump has been complaining about from Twitter, and the actual censorship of a black CNN reporter who was arrested on camera by police in Minneapolis.
In Russia News
Friday night a record of Flynn’s 2016 calls with Kislyak were leaked.
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COVID-19 cases / deaths: 1,719,827 / 101,711
Trump’s Job Approval: 42.6%