A tweet shared widely online during the protests sparked by the death of George Floyd -- espousing a plan to bring violence to "residential areas... the white hoods" -- was made to appear to be from antifa, the anti-fascist coalition. But the account behind the tweet was actually linked to a white nationalist group, according to Twitter.
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Viral Tweet ‘Alert’ Wasn’t From Antifa
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