Trump Threatens to Close Down Twitter to Protect Free Speech

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-threatens-to-close-down-twitter-to-protect-free-speech?ref=home


Trump Threatens to Close Down Twitter to Protect Free Speech
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Jamie Ross, Reporter
Published May. 27, 2020 7:27AM ET

Who could have predicted President Trump would react so angrily to being fact-checked by Twitter? The president has threatened to close down social-media companies that “silence conservatives voices,” one day after Twitter added a fact-check label to one of his posts. On Tuesday, Trump tweeted, without providing any evidence, that mail-in ballots would lead to widespread fraud—and Twitter’s new label system merely pointed out that it was an unsubstantiated claim. Clearly infuriated, Trump tweeted Wednesday morning: “Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices. We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen. We saw what they attempted to do, and failed, in 2016. We can’t let a more sophisticated version of that happen again.” The president then went on to repeat his baseless claim that mail-in-ballots would lead directly to more voting fraud.

[dmr]

1. He can go to hell

That's all I have to say.

[CaptainTruth]

46. Me too.

[DeminPennswoods]

2. Wouldn't be the worst thing

Trump could do, but it would be akin to cutting of his nose to spite his face.

[agingdem]

11. wait a minute...

twitter fact-checking trump's lying debauched rants is a very good thing...he's been "gaslighting" for years bc no one in charge was calling him on his bullshit..an open forum to lie without blowback...it took the pandemic and over a 100,000 deaths for twitter to put the brakes on Trump's verbal diarrhea...ok so now there's blowback...good..it's like CNN's fact checking crawls in real time every time the orange maggot opens his filthy mouth...
As to closing down Facebook and twitter...nooooo!!...from a grandmother's perspective...how else are we going to know what's going on in our grandchildren's lives if we can't "stalk" them???

[DeminPennswoods]

58. Don't have any social media accounts

and I keep up with my friends and family just fine. Facebook exists for no other reason than to make money by marketing your personal information and preferences. They have a friendly sheep facade on their wolfish intent. Twitter is maybe a step above, but they are monetizing personal information too.

[PJMcK]

3. Go for it, Trump

Then piss off.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Go for it, BigBoy

Let us know how that works out for you.

[malaise]

5. Never forget that in his twisted bubble

the only person entitled to 'free speech' is king Con himself.

[SoonerPride]

6. Shut down Twitter and Facebook! Please. I'm begging you.

Do it!!

[dreamland]

7. Twitter and Facebook has done nothing but help this POS

I am all for shutting them down to stop giving him a platform and his rumpkins to spread more lies.

[sop]

8. Twitterless Trump?

[ScratchCat]

9. This is hilarious

considering I just finished posting in another thread that the "fact check" label wouldn't work and would probably make it worse. Like clockwork, the con man tells his cult Twitter is lying, he is telling the truth.

[DallasNE]

28. The Next Logical Step For Twitter

Would be to take down the Trump account. But that would hit their bottom line in a big way. Do they stand up to the bully?

[pwb]

10. Sad that puke idiots think he can actually do this.

I don't feel America anymore. I hate living here.

[Miguelito Loveless]

12. That is a text book violation of the First Amendment

But Barr will claim that only Congress is prohibited from abridging free speech, not His Imperial Orange Majesty. Roberts Court will affirm 5-4.

[trueblue2007]

57. TRUMP IS Weak as a limp noodle !!!!

[Botany]

13. Go for it Donny

Even Bill Barr can't give you legal cover on this one.

Vlad can not tamper with mail in ballots and Trump and the republicans know that.

Link to tweet

[SergeStorms]

25. "Mail boxes will be robbed"....

He's correct. I spend my entire day defending my mail box against brazen, bloodthirsty hoards of ballot thieves. These ruthless gangs will stop at nothing to get their hands on an absentee ballot, sacrificing hundreds of lives for just one more vote!

Trump is nucking futs.

[AleksS]

30. Trumps actually telling you HIS plan

Remember: if trump accuses others of a thing —HE is the one actually doing it.

So, YES, mailboxes will be robbed: by Trump
YES, signatures will be forged: by trump
YES, to all those things: because trump is literally, actually, factually, telling us that those things will be done by him and his campaign crew.

I think he laughs when he realizes that we’re accusing him of lying here, when for once, he’s actually telling the complete whole and honest truth.

[Lonestarblue]

31. Do you have any time left over to guard your potatoes?

Trump thinks that’s a big deal!

[SergeStorms]

54. My son-in-law is on potato duty this week.

Division of labor and all. I'm only one man here.

[ornotna]

33. I do too

I sit out in my front yard with a sack of potatoes to fling at the angry hordes when they show up. 🥔

He's an imbecile.

[Botany]

34. Oregon has been doing "vote by mail" starting in 1981 and now they have special secure mail boxes...

... for ballots.

[SergeStorms]

55. Great idea.

You Oregon folks are always on the cutting edge of things, though.

[usaf-vet]

39. Trump doesn't realize or care that he would be blocking military oversea votes?

It is all about voter suppression. Just one more leg of the GOP voter suppression program.

[Blue Owl]

14. He'll create a new platform called Twump

Where only he can post

[GoCubsGo]

15. So, he's going to protect the 1st Amendment by squashing the 1st Amendment?

:crazy

[beachbumbob]

16. big deal

[Gothmog]

17. The First Amendment only applies to state actors

Link to tweet

[John Ludi]

18. If that clown

didn't have the platform of Twitter to spew bile on, his head would explode in a matter of a few days.

[jcgoldie]

19. Does he not realize that if he closes down social media...

Teenagers in Russia will have no way to manipulate the mouth breathers who vote for him?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. Gaslighting. . . . nt

[dalton99a]

21. Don't forget to shut down Costco

for restricting our freedom

[DallasNE]

22. Twitter Must Also Tag New Tweet On Voting Fraud

Otherwise they will look weak and foolish. Even his claim of social media "totally silencing conservative voices" is far from the truth. Facebook was in bed with Trump in 2016 and they still haven't cleaned up their act. Just look at the misinformation daily coming from the "Whitehouse" account. The ball is in your court Twitter. How are you going to respond?

[Ms. Toad]

29. I just reported it to them.

If you haven't already - please do. That's how they find tweets to tag.

[eppur_se_muova]

23. Irony is dead, cremated, and shot out of a cannon. nt

[TNNurse]

24. He can't but does not even understand what he would do without Twitter.

What an idiot.

[Eyeball_Kid]

26. Just another loud, messy shart.

Trump's LIFEBLOOD is Twitter. He's just bullshitting and having a tantrum. No one should be falling for his bullshit by now. Without Twitter, Trump would be in the gutter. He's got Dorsey in his hip pocket. His rant against Twitter is just another tactic he learned in pro wrestling.

Trump being "infuriated" is just for show. Jamie Ross got sucked in. Trumpy-boy is laughing his ass off. Playing the aggrieved self-righteous dickhead is his stock in trade.

[MineralMan]

27. He Wants to Throw Away His Megaphone?

He truly IS an idiot, isn't he? What would he do without being able to Tweet incessantly about everything that pops up in his fevered brain?

Go ahead, Donwald. Shoot yourself in the foot again. We all want to watch you hop around on the other foot.

[cbdo2007]

32. Trump will win. Twitter makes BILLIONS of dollars on people following Trump...

and all the publicity he gets them every day.

Twitter will cave to his demands because $$$

[bucolic_frolic]

35. Alien and Sedition First Amendment Trump Acts for Truthy Fake News Presidential Blather

I'm thinking there could be some Constitutional litigation to these Trumpian Naziesque Ideas

[ZenDem]

36. This is a bad movie plot.

Shitty President doesn't know the meaning of the 1st A and threatens to shutdown a social media platform on that same social media platform while still promoting the lies and bullshit that caused the social media platform to slap his tiny wrist.

If you had never heard the name Trump, you'd picture someone just like him in this role. We just need to skip to the ending where the shitty President ends up in prison, broke and humiliated with his family, while the new Pres and VP stand on the White House steps waving happily to a relieved America.

~ finis ~

[bucolic_frolic]

37. A real billionaire could buy Twitter, maybe Jerome Powell will buy enough to vote in Trump cronies

[duforsure]

38. He's just pissed

Because they point out he's peddling propaganda . All media need to do that too, instead of showing him lying time after time on TV. They need to stop showing him knowing he's lying , and only showing when he doesn't lie, or he will continue, and escalate the lies. I refuse to watch him and always turn the channel, and not watch the station for a while from them doing that for him.

[Catherine Vincent]

40. What a crock! What kind of power does he think he has?

Trump: "silence conservative voices" my behind.

[aeromanKC]

41. Triggered!!

Damn, good thing he doesn't have his finger on the Nuke button. Oh wait. DOH!!!!

[rocktivity]

44. I doubt it -- legend has it that Nixon and Bush the Younger

were quietly relieved of their nuclear defense "football-playing" privileges.


rocktivity

[rocktivity]

42. Free speech means you're also free to point out

that you say is incorrect, baseless, or false.


rocktivity

[dalton99a]

43. Just Do It.

[AllaN01Bear]

45. take his phone away ,PLEASE.

meanwhile a usps postal worker was arresete for tamperning with election matirials by changeing the party desigantion from democrat to republican. there is your voter fraud , sir. so long , fare well adeau, good by. good riddance .

[Warpy]

47. Message to Jack Dorsey

This is how you need to deal with him, disclaimers and fact check links. Eventually that thin skin is going to be so shredded that it won't hold him together any more and he'll explode. Yes, it will be messy, the White House will need crime scene cleaners to get all the goo off the walls, but he will be gone, no threat to your business or to the country.

Keep it up. Please. He's addicted to your platform so you might be our best hope.

[Ginger42]

49. Dog help us

when Jack Dorsey is our last, best hope for democracy.

[Warpy]

53. It's not like he's alone

Plenty of people are out there with their pins, needles, and scalpels at the ready.

However, Big Dummy is a Twitter addict. Dorsey needs to keep this up.

The sooner that thin skin gets lacerated so badly it won't contain that rage, the better.

[Ginger42]

48. Oh no - a voting method they can't steal

In my county in Montana, everyone can choose to vote by mail. A leadership program I manage devotes a day to understanding government, and part of that day walks us through the election process. No person is ever alone with any of the ballots. At least two people are present at every task and they have to sign off whenever they're working with ballots. They have a signature on file for every voter, and the signature on the ballot envelope is checked by their staff members. Every single signature is compared to the one on file by a person, not some machine or computer algorithm. Every part of the process of handling the ballots in any way is monitored and tracked. Their security is very impressive.

So yeah, we can't have that.

[Baked Potato]

50. What?? He's gonna Regulate Twitter?? Blasphemy!!

[notinkansas]

51. HAHAHAHAHA

What would he do without Twitter? It's his primary form of communication.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

52. Hey Trump

[Caliman73]

56. He's an idiot.

He cries that his "free speech" is being infringed upon by a private forum with no real obligation to provide him a platform, THEN he engages in a classic example of threatening free speech saying that he is going to use the power of the government to infringe upon the company's ability to operate a private forum for communication and debate.

His supporters do not even blink at the complete reversal of so called "free speech". Not only is he an idiot but he is a leader of idiots.