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Obama’s Mandela Tweet Becomes Most Liked Ever in History

Former American President Barack Obama’s tweets quoting former South African President and prisoner, Nelson Mandela, have become the most liked tweets in history. The tweets followed the Charlottesville tragedy in Virginia, USA, on Saturday when one woman was killed and about a dozen people injured after a man drove deliberately into an anti-racist crowd that […]

By SAPeople
18-08-17 16:04
in Fab South African Stuff

Former American President Barack Obama’s tweets quoting former South African President and prisoner, Nelson Mandela, have become the most liked tweets in history.

The tweets followed the Charlottesville tragedy in Virginia, USA, on Saturday when one woman was killed and about a dozen people injured after a man drove deliberately into an anti-racist crowd that was protesting against a protest about the removal of a Robert E Lee statue.

Quoting Mandela, Obama posted the following three tweets:

The first tweet had been liked by more than 3.2 million Twitter users by Wednesday 14h00 (SA time)… and has over 1.2 million retweets.

Other Responses to Charlottesville which have gone Going Viral:

Jimmy Fallon on Charlottesville:

https://www.facebook.com/FallonTonight/videos/10155710861103896/

Donald Trump at a Press Conference on Charlottesville, Tuesday:

https://www.facebook.com/VICE/videos/853150344844917/