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(107,881 posts) Sat May 16, 2020, 01:42 PM May 2020

Trump Says Tech Giants Controlled by 'Radical Left,' Vows Action [View all]

Source: Bloomberg

President Donald Trump accused Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google of being controlled by the “Radical Left” and said that his administration is working to remedy what he called an “illegal situation.”

In a tweet that also mentions the Facebook-owned Instagram, the U.S. president commented on a clip by conservative blogger Michelle Malkin lambasting the so-called deplatforming of conservative voices by technology companies. Trump didn’t elaborate on potential measures targeting the tech giants.

Malkin in a recent post on her Twitter account said that she would not be taking the “Gates vaccine,” a term often employed online by anti-vaccine activists to refer to the many coronavirus vaccines in development. It refers to Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-tech-giants-controlled-by-radical-left-vows-action/ar-BB14aTdJ?li=BBnbfcL

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Trump Says Tech Giants Controlled by 'Radical Left,' Vows Action [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP

The orders from putin is to get us to kill each other anyway possible, virus, guns, civil war Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #1

I would agree with that to a degree. Interesting that facebook and twitter are what Putin used to. olddad65 May 2020 #6

Facebook already wiped the Lincoln Project ad "Mourning in America" off the site because BComplex May 2020 #24

More on that "Mourning in America" ad. CBHagman May 2020 #48

maybe not the virus Warpy May 2020 #13

Getting the deplorables to congregate and spread the virus, and demand states end lockdowns muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #20

Doesn't trumps right hand man Kushner .... CatMor May 2020 #2

Sounds about right. AZ8theist May 2020 #41

Wasn't he going to find a vaccine or cure for ... CatMor May 2020 #42

Distraction that plays to base. He & base so weird of course they don't as much play as they want.nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #3

JFC, there is no "Radical Left" in the US. maxsolomon May 2020 #4

AM talk radio has de-platformed Liberal voices for decades, and that is ILLEGAL due to the limited Yavin4 May 2020 #5

Lib voices don't push Hate & Fear buttons so much, so they don't attract as big audiences & ads. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #8

Well, there are plenty of rich liberals who could buy a radio network or three. oldsoftie May 2020 #26

We had Air America in the early 2000s and it was awesome. Politicub May 2020 #44

Thats how i found Rachel. But the network failed. oldsoftie May 2020 #53

The easy answer: Advertisers alp227 May 2020 #54

Well, we SHOULD buy & support the advertisers. Otherwise its our own fault. oldsoftie May 2020 #55

Well, to think about it... alp227 May 2020 #56

I think it's the phenomena of conservatives and liberals liking different things Polybius May 2020 #59

If FB is a radical left-wing organization, I will eat the Brooklyn Bridge. sinkingfeeling May 2020 #7

I'm surprised he's not going after Tik Tok. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2020 #57

Radical left? That's a big laugh. marble falls May 2020 #9

Fascism keeps scuttling forward Grokenstein May 2020 #10

and maybe one of the targets finds itself losing a large federal contract DBoon May 2020 #12

deplatforming of conservative voices? DBoon May 2020 #11

It must take a huge effort to find things to sound you're insane all of the time MrScorpio May 2020 #14

More effort than Trump would ever be prepared to put in. He's just a natural muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #22

Stupid versus Smart C_U_L8R May 2020 #15

i call donald trump a llegal situation. AllaN01Bear May 2020 #16

What trump is doing duforsure May 2020 #17

If he's been eavesdropping on me, there should moonscape May 2020 #49

Really. Facebutt is TrumpCult Central. And he's STILL whining? Pfft. n/t CousinIT May 2020 #18

Malkin is a malevolent, evil irrelevant media creature. cayugafalls May 2020 #19

thats fascist speak for "tow my line or your ass is grass and like everything else he does he will yaesu May 2020 #21

Trump needs more imaginary enemies than the "mainstream media" to pump up the deplorables muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #23

"Radical"... Who's he trying to scare? Baked Potato May 2020 #25

So, you MUST be a conservative to own a business nowadays? Jamastiene May 2020 #27

He is getting crazier every day DeminPennswoods May 2020 #28

Seriously? ananda May 2020 #29

Naturally, he "said" this on twitter! hedda_foil May 2020 #30

Spouting BS again. paleotn May 2020 #31

Yawn Bayard May 2020 #32

Trump is at war with America bucolic_frolic May 2020 #33

Anybody that's intelligent looks like the radical left to Trump. Jim__ May 2020 #34

Everything Left of Trump is radical. That includes many republicans. He's not even on the map. n/t TheFourthMind May 2020 #35

No "radical left" noneof_theabove May 2020 #36

He'd better be careful who he fights. This could galvanize the whole tech industry beyond ancianita May 2020 #37

Conservative voices aren't being deplatformed. Initech May 2020 #38

What a loon mahina May 2020 #39

Private businesses angrychair May 2020 #40

Time to de-platform Trump. BlueIdaho May 2020 #43

Is It fascism yet? Nt Blue_playwright May 2020 #45

Trump probably doesn't realize this... jmowreader May 2020 #46

Yes. And they control Turbineguy May 2020 #47

ok, radical left tech giants. You know what to do. not_the_one May 2020 #50

Thought many were Libertarians DeminPennswoods May 2020 #51

Let's hypothetically say that the Green Party, or the Whigs, or the Tax Revolt Party... LudwigPastorius May 2020 #52

Well, I guess he could shut the Internet down. EndlessWire May 2020 #58

Is that why his Twitter account hasnt been banned? ibegurpard May 2020 #60