NAACP deletes tweet on gun control after getting embarrassed by online ridicule from both sides
by TheBlaze
TheBlaze— The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was forced to delete a tweet on gun control after it was roundly mocked and ridiculed online by critics on both sides of the aisles. The official social media account of the NAACP tried to make a quip about gun control on Wednesday and faced immediate mockery. Image Source: NAACP X account screenshot The account was responded to legislation signed by President Joe Biden to force the parent company of TikTok to sell...
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