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5. Do you think censoring the tweet some hours after it is sent would stop it from circulating?
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 06:23 PM
Oct 2020

Every one of those supporters would know about it in minutes.

The simple fact is that if Trump chooses to strike that match we won’t be able to stop him from doing so. We will have to deal with the fallout.

The scale and scope of that fallout are up for debate but whether .1%, 1% or 5% of his supporters are willing to do violence on his behalf, we must acknowledge and prepare for that possibility.

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