Trump Tweet Threatening D.C. Protesters With ‘Serious Force’ Hidden by Twitter for ‘Abusive Behavior’
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDonald Trump is in Twitter’s penalty box — again.On Tuesday morning, Trump posted a tweet that said, “There will never be an ‘Autonomous Zone’ in Washington, D.C., as long as I’m your President. If they try they will be met with serious force!”Twitter later in the day applied a warning on Trump’s tweet, saying that it represented a “threat of harm” against an identifiable group and violated its policy against abusive behavior.The president’s post referenced protesters in the nation’s capital who on Monday had declared a “Black House Autonomous Zone” near the White House in front of St.