Obama’s tweet on Charlottesville breaks Twitter record, evokes ‘miss you’ response

After the Charlottesville violence during a White nationalists rally, a tweet by former US President Barack Obama on anti-racism has become the most liked tweet ever, garnering more than 2.8 million likes. Obama quoted Mandela, the South African political and anti-apartheid leader, in a series of three tweets:

The tweet became the most liked ever, and many Americans took to Twitter to convey that they miss him as the President. Some demanded President Trump’s resignation even.

Obama’s tweet has been endorsed by more than 2.8 million social media users and has also been retweeted by over 1.2 million times.

Obama maintains one of the most-followed Twitter accounts (@BarackObama), with 93.3 million followers. On Monday, Obama’s tweet surpassed talk show host Ellen DeGeneres' 2014 Oscars selfie tweet, which stands at number 3 with 2.4 million likes.

Meanwhile, situation in Charlottesville, Virginia remains tense. President Donald Trump was on Thursday forced to disband two key business advisory councils after a panel of some members rebuked the US President for his incendiary remarks on the Virginia violence in which he apparently defended white nationalists.