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OP is probably referring to the Steve Bannon's recent statement calling for the beheading of Dr. Fauci. This has been very widely covered, even by Trumpist media. See:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-electio...

https://www.newsweek.com/bannon-calls-fauci-beheading-154528...

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/05/steve-bannon-makes-beheading...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/steve-bannon-s-twitter-acc...

https://nypost.com/2020/11/06/twitter-bans-steve-bannon-for-...

This kind of political speech has no place in a democratic society. The fact that it comes down to social media and Internet providers to regulate it, however, is reflective of a policy failure. Keeping calls for extremist violence out of the public sphere ought to be the responsibility of the criminal legal system, not private business.



Ok but Bannon was permanently banned from Twitter for this




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