'This is a disaster': Right-wing militia group calls on Trump to retract tweet on Minneapolis protests

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The Oath Keepers said President Trump went too far with his tweets about the protests in Minneapolis over George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody.

The right-wing group, which has many former military and law enforcement members, said it wanted Trump's tweet, which says, “When the looting starts, the shooting starts," and was given a warning label by Twitter because it broke company rules about "glorifying violence," to be retracted.

“This is a disaster. President Trump needs to retract that statement ASAP, stating that he misspoke & did not mean to say that National Guard should shoot people for stealing. Arson is a very different matter — that's lethal force because setting fires can kill,” the Oath Keepers said on its Twitter account.

“I understand his frustration and anger at seeing the rampant looting and arson, but he needs to keep his cool and make sure that what he says is constitutional, lawful, and moral. There are ways to stop looting that respect life,” the series of tweets continued.