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Barack Obama's Virgina Tweet Becomes The Most Liked Of All Time

SPIN South West
SPIN South West

08:49 16 Aug 2017


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A tweet by Barack Obama following the racist violence in Virginia at the weekend has become the most liked tweet of all time.

More than 3 million people have like the post, which quoted Nelson Mandela, after the far-right rally in which a woman was killed.

He didn't just leave it at that, however:

Meanwhile, his successor Donald Trump is coming under fire for his reaction to the violence in Charlottesville.

In a news conference last night, the US president appeared to defend the racist protesters he'd condemned the previous day

He also claimed neo-Nazis and white supremacists had been treated unfairly by the media.


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