Twitter Wednesday evening removed several tweets by President Trump and locked his account, after a mob of his supporters rioted in Washington, D.C.

“As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy,” the company posted at around 7 p.m.

Twitter added that Trump's account will be locked for 12 hours after he removes the tweets. If he refuses to take down the tweets, the account will stay locked.

Trump's account will be permanently suspended if there are any future violations of the rules, the company said.

Earlier in the day, Twitter had restricted the viral spread of several Trump posts by preventing other users from replying to the posts, retweeting them or liking them.

Twitter took that earlier step nearly three hours after Trump supporters -- some carrying confederate flags -- stormed the Capitol. At the time, lawmakers were in the process of certifying Biden's Electoral College victory of 306-232.

At least one woman in the Capitol was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon.

Trump, who has repeatedly made the false claim that the election was “rigged” against him, had used Twitter to exhort supporters to come to Washington for a rally on Wednesday. 

At around 2:30 p.m., after the mob had already broken into the Capitol, Trump took to Twitter to criticize Vice-President Mike Pence for refusing to unilaterally overthrow the election results.

“Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!” he said in a post that was later restricted, then removed by Twitter.

Later in the afternoon, Trump told his supporters in a video post, “You have to go home now,” but also repeated false claims that the election was “fraudulent” and “stolen from us.”

That post was also restricted and then removed by Twitter.

Facebook took down that same video earlier Wednesday afternoon.

“We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence,” Facebook vice president Guy Rosen tweeted. 

YouTube also took down the video.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told Congress in November that the company would no longer exempt Trump from its policies regarding acceptable content after he leaves office.