‘Hang Mike Pence’ trends on Twitter after platform suspends Trump for risk of ‘incitement of violence’

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The tweets appeared to circulate a video of Capitol protestors chanting the phrase

By Peter Aitken | Fox News

Twitter saw a surprising item trending on Friday night when “Hang Mike Pence” hit around 14,000 tweets, according to reports.

The social media platform announced Friday night that it was permanently suspending President Donald Trump’s Twitter account.

The decision was made “due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” according to a statement on the company’s blog.

TWITTER SUSPENDS @REALDONALDTRUMP ACCOUNT PERMANENTLY

Many users were confused, then, to see such a violent item in the trending section.

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Carl Sagan