Obama’s anti-racism tweet top of the Tweet heap

“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin or his background or his religion,” the tweet read. It was posted on Saturday along with a photo of 56-year-old Obama looking up to a window of children of different ethnicities and races. because of the colour of his skin or his background or his religion,” the tweet read. It was posted on Saturday along with a photo of 56-year-old Obama looking up to a window of children of different ethnicities and races.

“This Tweet from @BarackObama just became the most Liked Tweet ever. It set the record at approximately 10:07 EST,” a Silicon Valley-based social media company said in a statement.

The tweet has been endorsed by more than 2.8 million social media users and has also been retweeted by over 1.2 million times. “It is also currently the 5th most Retweeted Tweet ever,” the company statement said.

The record of most retweeted tweet is by Carter Wilkerson who tweeted earlier this year, “Help me please, a man needs his nuggs”. Obama’s tweet surpassed talk show host Ellen DeGeneres’ 2014 Oscars selfie tweet, which stands at number 3 with 2.4 million likes.

Obama’s tweet took the top spot from pop star Ariana Grande’s tweet which has 2.7 million likes. Her heartfelt tweet had come in response to that killed 22 people after she performed a concert in Manchester, England, in May.