"(He) can't say anything because the platforms have removed him," Gidley says.

[Nevilledog]

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Tweet text:
Ana Cabrera
@AnaCabrera
I can't believe I'm writing this. Campaign spokesperson Hogan Gidley claims on Fox News President Trump can't denounce Capitol attack more because he doesn't have a platform.

&quot He) can't say anything because the platforms have removed him," Gidley says.
10:41 AM · Jan 17, 2021

[gratuitous]

1. If only the President of the United States could, I dunno, summon the media for a conference

What. A bunch. Of whiners.

[getagrip_already]

3. yeah, one of the few people in the world who always have cameras pointed at them and

who always have their statements broadcast.

What a bunch of bs.

[PatSeg]

4. Yes, too bad the White House

doesn't have something like a, I don't know, press room where he could address reporters up close and personal.

[Stallion]

6. Old-School

[PatSeg]

8. Of course

Unlike Twitter, people might actually ask him questions.

[Solly Mack]

15. No kidding.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. What about Fox "News"?

That's one of the biggest platforms in the country. Why isn't he on Fox?

[lame54]

13. And friendliest

[Demsrule86]

5. I guess press conferences have been outlawed or something.

[Geechie]

9. Or else he forgot

As Mary Louise Kelly pointed out the other day on All Things Considered, if he wants to say something all he has to do is walk down to the briefing room. He doesn't even have to leave home.

The height of whineybitchassism: Having the biggest megaphone in the world and claiming you're being censored.

[Demsrule86]

11. Trump is such a loser, I have never understood why he has any followers.

[dameatball]

7. Hogan Gidley. Another little toady it will be good not to hear frrom for a while. I supose he will

pop up somewhere down the line, but for now, good riddance.

[Cracklin Charlie]

10. Interesting.

Actually makes me wonder a few things.

The president should be able to easily get his message out.

Is Trump unable to perform at a press conference, or to handle speaking to the public using network time (Fox or others)?

If so, who was running his social media? How did they determine the content of his posts? Tweets and parler posts are not governing

Is Trump really still the president?

This raises far more questions for me than answers, Hogan.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Only his followers believe tRump can't Address the Nation, because they

They don't believe him when he does address the nation such as when he condemned the Capitol rioters. Their reactions included

A) "He betrayed us".

B) "He was forced".

C) "His family was threatened".

D) "He was using coded language to show he didn't really condemn the rioters.

[tulipsandroses]

14. Gee, I wonder how other presidents addressed the nation in the past before Twitter and Facebook?

These people live in an alternate universe. He does not want to denounce them. He needs to continue grifting from these traitors when he leaves the WH.

[MizLibby]

16. When was he last seen in public?

[gratuitous]

17. Oh, and Hogan? Refresh my memory

Didn't your boss lose his platforms not because he was denouncing the Capitol attack, but because he was encouraging it and lying about it? In the world of personal responsibility, that's called the normal and natural consequences of a person's reckless actions.

[malaise]

18. list the Presidents who had no platforms

and still spoke to and with Americans?