Taylor Swift and Twitter Punish Trump for Inciting Racism and Glorifying Violence

....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!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2020

Hiding Trump’s tweet with an explanation that he broke the rules by “glorifying violence” is is certainly a better response than adding a little “get the facts about…” label to his bile. Hopefully Twitter will have the balls to keep enforcing their rules more forcefully*; the past few days do seem like steps in the right direction.

Taylor Swift’s response was certainly a bit more pointed than Twitter’s, however. Enjoy:

After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence? ‘When the looting starts the shooting starts’??? We will vote you out in November. @realdonaldtrump

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 29, 2020

I wonder if this plus her statement about Marsha Blackburn has resulted in Trump now liking her music 50% less?

*If you think this is a violation of free speech, think again (or read the constitution). Trump has the freedom to say whatever he likes, but Twitter, a private company, is under no constitutional obligation to give him a microphone.