World News – UK – Ivanka Trump has been criticized for calling the pro-Trump mob “patriots”

Ivanka Trump has labeled insurgents who stormed the US Capitol as “American patriots” while urging them not to use force before hastily retreating the comment

In a now-deleted tweet sent as protesters stormed the US democracy seat, the eldest daughter and adviser to the president said, “American patriots – any security breach or disregard of our law enforcement agencies is unacceptable. The violence must stop immediately please be peaceful ”

She specifically did not urge the protests to break off their demonstration or to give up the siege of the US Capitol building

When asked online about her use of the term “patriots” to describe the protesters – some of whom wore the Confederate secessionist flag – Ivanka Trump clarified: “No peaceful protest is patriotic, violence is unacceptable and must be strongly condemned deleted the original tweet The reply remains online

No Peaceful protest is patriotic. Violence is unacceptable and must be strongly condemned https: // tco / GwngZTqzTH

From inside the beleaguered Capitol, journalist Jake Sherman condemned Trump’s use of the term “patriots” “American patriots? I’m sitting here in lockdown The capital has been breached and people have drawn guns What are you talking about? “

White House correspondent April Ryan said while Ivanka was being painted as the “voice of reason” advising her father, she was “complicit” in the violence at the Capitol

We were always told that @IvankaTrump would be the “voice of sanity” for her father, instead she’s just as complicitYou can delete the tweet, but calling the rioters “American Patriots” will keep you alive! BildTwittercom / 0G8SGvH4fE

Eric Columbus, a former special advisor to the US Department of Homeland Security, urged Ivanka and Donald Trump to stop the violence

Go to your dad’s office and tell him to go on TV and tell everyone to go home. Shout at him until he does, please save a few lives

Donald Trump’s Twitter account has been banned “for repeated and serious violations of our Civic Integrity Policy”

His account – the primary medium for communicating with backers – will be banned for 12 hours after deleting the offending Tweets.If he refuses to delete them, his account will remain banned and further violations could result in a permanent ban

As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, DC.We had to remove three @ realDonaldTrump tweets posted today for repeated and serious violations of our Civic Integrity Policy https: // tco / k6OkjNG3bM

“If the tweets are not removed, the account will remain blocked. Future violations of the Twitter rules, including our guidelines on civil integrity or violent threats, will result in the @ realDonaldTrump account being permanently blocked,” says the Twitter Security account

In protests described as the greatest threat to US democracy since the Civil War, Trump loyalists stormed the seat of US democracy – the Capitol – and attempted to block certification of the November presidential election, one Constitutional formality that will enable President-elect Joe Biden Inaugurated on January 1st

While the rioters managed to temporarily stop the vote, the certification process was resumed on Wednesday evening in the USA

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