Obama’s post-Charlottesville message most-liked tweet ever

San Francisco: Twitter says former President Barack Obama’s tweet in response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend has taken the crown as the platform’s most-liked post ever.

Obama tweeted a quote from Nelson Mandela Saturday night: “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion...” Obama posted the tweet alongside a picture of himself smiling at a group of children of different races.