Twitter, Facebook Say They Will Remove Posts Hoping for Trump’s Death

President Donald Trump leaves the White House for Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on Oct. 2, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Twitter and Facebook said late Friday they would remove posts that wish or hope for President Donald Trump’s death.

Trump, 74, was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Thursday and traveled to a medical center in Maryland the following day for treatment, including remdesivir, an anti-viral drug.