GA-11: Facebook removes QAnon-supporting candidate's 'squad' post for inciting violence
Facebook said Friday it removed a Republican congressional candidate’s post that depicted her holding a gun next to the images of three progressive congresswomen for violating its policies against incitement of violence.
Key context: Marjorie Taylor Greene, a House candidate who has history of racist, Islamophobic and anti-Semitic remarks and who has embraced the QAnon conspiracy theory, on Thursday posted a picture of herself holding a rifle next to images of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) — three of four members of the so-called liberal freshmen “squad.”
The photo was labeled: “SQUAD’S WORST NIGHTMARE." In the accompanying post, Greene railed against “leftists” who “want to take this country down,” adding, “American need strong conservative Christians to go on the offense against these socialists who want to rip our country apart.”
Omar on Friday called on Facebook to remove the post, which she called a “violent provocation.” The Minnesota lawmaker said the post had already prompted new death threats towards the congresswomen online.
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