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Becky Sullivan

The Commanders' Jack Del Rio is off Twitter after calling the Jan. 6 riot a 'dust-up'

Washington defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio, pictured before a game in January. (Frank Franklin II/AP)

First came his public apology. Then came the $100,000 fine. And now, Jack Del Rio's Twitter account has been deleted.

Del Rio's exit from the social media platform caps a rocky week for the Washington Commanders' defensive coordinator that began with a tweet, followed by comments to reporters, in which he compared the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to the 2020 racial justice protests.

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