SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter says former President Barack Obama’s tweet in response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend has taken the crown as the platform’s most-liked post ever.
Obama tweeted a quote from Nelson Mandela Saturday night: “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion…” Obama posted the tweet alongside a picture of himself smiling at a group of children of different races.
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion…" pic.twitter.com/InZ58zkoAm
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 13, 2017
Twitter spokesman Nick Pacilo says Obama’s tweet set the mark shortly after 10 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday night by passing Ariana Grande’s tweet following a deadly bombing in May at her concert in England. Obama’s post had more than 3.1 million likes early Tuesday morning.
That’s really gonna set the Orang-a-tang off ----
And to add insult to injury, the Russkies have issued a “Putin Shirtless Challenge.”
The release of Russian President Putin’s topless holiday snaps have inspired the CEO of messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, to set a shirtless challenge on social media.
Whip that alt-right, white polo off, Trumpie and show us all whatcha got.
– #manboobapalooza
Bannon: Order more bots from Russia.
Tweets are Trump’s favorite mode of communication. To be beaten by Obama is gonna sting.
To even contemplate … is just too horrid a prospect —