Trump asks Florida judge to force Twitter to restart his account

[ItsjustMe]

https://www.reuters.com/technology/trump-asks-florida-judge-force-twitter-restart-his-account-bloomberg-news-2021-10-02/

Former U.S. President Donald Trump asked a federal judge in Florida on Friday to ask Twitter to restore his account, which the company removed in January citing a risk of incitement of violence.

Trump filed a request for preliminary injunction against Twitter in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, arguing the social media company was "coerced" by members of the U.S. Congress to suspend his account.

Twitter and several other social media platforms banned Trump from their services after a mob of his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol in a deadly riot on Jan. 6.

That assault followed a speech by Trump in which he reiterated false claims that his election loss in November was because of widespread fraud, an assertion rejected by multiple courts and state election officials.

Twitter "exercises a degree of power and control over political discourse in this country that is immeasurable, historically unprecedented, and profoundly dangerous to open democratic debate," Trump's lawyers said in the filing. The filing was reported earlier by Bloomberg.

Twitter declined to comment on the filing when contacted by Reuters.

[PoliticAverse]

1. Turn those machines back on!...

[Chipper Chat]

2. Twitter for a Twit.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. oh really, lay on the drama queen

" profoundly dangerous to open democratic debate"

[edbermac]

4. Hey Donald...

[KS Toronado]

5. Is Jan 6th what he calls "open democratic debate" ?

I don't even want to see what he calls an argument.

[malaise]

6. Can't this fucking monster just croak

He's the worst virus ever

[Aviation Pro]

8. The judge's written statement should be three words.

“Go fuck yourself.”

[wnylib]

9. So he wants Twitter again in order to

gear up for the midterms, and promote himself and his lies for 2024. Most likely also wants to push for open rebellion against state and federal governments.

Trouble is, Florida might give him what he wants.

If his account is reactivated, Twitter should have a couple people on their staff whose sole job is to monitor his tweets and IMMEDIATELY, within seconds, delete any disinformation about covid, about elections being stolen, about white supremacy, or having any hint of calling for mass action against elected officials. But I would not trust Twitter to be that vigilant.

Better to keep the traitor silenced. He would use lies on Twitter to undermine any charges or convictions against him, his business, his family, or his insurrectionist allies. In fact, he must be feeling very nervous about investigations and their progress to be demanding a Twitter forum for his self-defense.

It's not like he just said a few inappropriate things. He sponsored an effin' attack on the US government.

[jmowreader]

17. Wouldn't that be all his tweets?

Twitter’s defense will be to bring in copies of all the tweets he made while president that would have gotten him TOS’d if he wasn’t president. He was a bad actor on Twitter the whole time he was there.

[gordianot]

10. You would think Trump has enough legal problems to go looking for more.

I guess you can get by with this when you seed the courts with unqualified or partisan judiciary and simply do not pay your attorneys.

[onetexan]

20. Twitter and other major social media outlets are a money-making scheming for him & his greedy ilk to

grift more money off his dumb rabid followers.

[KentuckyWoman]

11. Translation

Twitter "exercises a degree of power and control over political discourse in this country that is immeasurable, historically unprecedented, and profoundly dangerous to open democratic debate,"

Which means - if I can't get my way then I will burn it down so no one can use it.

[OldBaldy1701E]

12. "WAAAH!"

"No one is listening to me because no one is on any of the biased chat programs that will allow me on them. I want to go back to the place where everyone has to read my crap regardless of whether they want to or not! WWAAAHHHHHH!!"

I really hope he gets a long prison sentence.

[multigraincracker]

13. If he would just eat some worms.

I’m sure we’d shed some tears for the poor bastard.

[dixiechiken1]

14. So Twitter is "profoundly dangerous to open democratic debate"...

Therefore, I need you to force them them to let me back in!

He's a petulant fucking child. The sooner he sheds this mortal coil, the better off we'll all be.

[Walleye]

15. He said he doesn't miss Twitter one bit. Now changing his tune again

[MissMillie]

16. "I don't have to abide by Terms of Service...

...I've always gotten away with breaking the rules. Why should I have to follow them now?"

[H2Oart]

18. Am I Correct?

Am I correct is saying that a company can refuse service or cut service if one does not follow their code of service, ethics or not follow rules set by the company? If so, then Twitter should not have to reopen Trumps account.

[SeattleVet]

19. "Twitter declined to comment on the filing when contacted by Reuters."

Did they really decline, or were they laughing too hard to be able to provide a comment?