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Vox Media suspended Emmett Rensin, deputy editor of Vox.com's first person section, on Thursday in response to a tweet that Rensin sent last night that could be considered an endorsement of violence against Donald Trump supporters.

"Advice: If Trump comes to your town, start a riot," Rensin tweeted at one point last night.

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"We at Vox do not take institutional positions on most questions, and we encourage our writers to debate and disagree. But direct encouragement of riots crosses a line between expressing a contrary opinion and directly encouraging dangerous, illegal activity," Vox.com editor in chief Ezra Klein said in a statement announcing Rensin's suspension.

Rensin's "riot" tweet was part of a larger discussion about media coverage of violent anti-Trump protests in San Jose, Calif. After sending the "riot" tweet, Rensin tweeted that he personally believed that all violence was immoral.

"It's very simple: All violence against human lives and bodies is categorically immoral. Property destruction is vastly more negotiable," he tweeted.

It isn't clear how long Rensin's suspension will last. "We do not comment on the specifics of individual personnel matters beyond what was said in Ezra's statement," a spokesperson told POLITICO.

Additional reporting by Hadas Gold.