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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnother grift? Just a sore loser? Or both?
Current headline in the Daily Fail
[link:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9765073/Trump-announce-class-action-lawsuits-today-against-Facebook-Twitter.html|]
Not posting the copy in the article cause the far right spin they put on everything makes me want to heave. However have of course provided the link if you want to risk a click! LOL
Apparently Trump is going to do a press conference 11 am your time EST - to announce he is going to sue big tech yet again demonstrating that he has less of an understanding of the constitution than me as a Brit living 4000 miles away, she says modestly
So one has to consider his motivation for doing this? Is it just so he can potentially elbow his way back on the platforms to incite hatred and insurrection and try and overthrow the government? Probably that is part of it. But I have to tell ya if it is a class action suit how many readies do you thing he is planning to squeeze out of his far right cult members who have been given the boot from polite society to join in? Loads of money! Of course America First (So NAZI) is involved supporting the sore loser grifter in failed chief he be.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)The Pig is losing money since he is not able to grift on social media.
FSogol
(45,481 posts)Blue Owl
(50,355 posts)blm
(113,052 posts)Relying on Trump to act responsibly was/is a bad bet.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,339 posts)Get the pay in advance.
Firestorm49
(4,032 posts)Ocelot II
(115,683 posts)Of course the lawsuit will go nowhere, but that's not the point; the point is grifting and whining. And anyhow, the "class" has to be certified by a court, but it won't be because there are certain requirements that have to be met. This one won't come close.
crickets
(25,968 posts)"Look at me! Look at me! Look at meeeee!" Ugh, I so wish he would go away.
pecosbob
(7,538 posts)and accordingly this amounts to doodly-squat.
ShazzieB
(16,389 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,703 posts)I think I answered my own question. He needs these social media vehicles to keep him alive in the eyes of his fans and donors.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,168 posts)I agree with Steve Benen/ This is a fundraising stunt
Link to tweet
So why bother? Why go through the motions with a misguided public-relations stunt, rooted entirely in dubious claims and conspiracy theories that don't make any sense?
There's no great mystery here: "Before Mr. Trump was done speaking, both the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee had sent text messages about the lawsuit and asked for contributions. Mr. Trump's political action committee sent its own solicitation shortly after the event ended. 'Donate NOW,' it said."
I don't doubt that many will fall for this. Republican voters who've been conditioned to believe that Twitter and Facebook are big meanies toward conservatives will likely grab their credit cards to show their support for Trump and this pointless exercise.
But that doesn't mean this lawsuit has merit; it means the opposite
And publicity stunt all in one.
GoCubsGo
(32,080 posts)Still, this falls under "both."
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Vinca
(50,269 posts)about why it was necessary to remove him from their sites. The whole thing is laughable that there might be a lawsuit filed by Trump using a law citing "decency" as the reason for the suit.