Many people have been speculating for weeks that Twitter would permanently suspend President Trump the moment Joe Biden was sworn into office.
They are increasing that speculation now, as they have locked his account and are threatening permanent suspension.
Their reasons are weak.
Business Insider explains:
Twitter has locked President Donald Trump’s account after pro-Trump rioters stormed the grounds around the US Capitol before breaching the federal building’s doors.
Twitter has specifically removed three tweets and in their place are tags reading “This Tweet is no longer available.” Trump’s account will be locked for 12 hours after he removes them. If he does not, the account will remain locked, according to Twitter, and the platform will permanently suspend him upon future violations.
One of those tweets was a video of Trump posted earlier today. After pro-Trump rioters had already breached the walls and broke windows of the Capitol, many called upon Trump to quell the violent situation and call for his supporters to retreat.
A recorded video of Trump was released in which he said “go home, we love you, you are very special.” But the majority of the video contained more baseless claims about election fraud, and Trump declared that he won in a “landslide.” Trump did not condemn the violent actions of his supporters.
See Twitter’s tweets below:
BREAKING: Trump’s twitter account locked https://t.co/TFhHpyCN8k
— davidshepardson (@davidshepardson) January 7, 2021
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As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy. https://t.co/k6OkjNG3bM
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 7, 2021
This means that the account of @realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours following the removal of these Tweets. If the Tweets are not removed, the account will remain locked.
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 7, 2021
Future violations of the Twitter Rules, including our Civic Integrity or Violent Threats policies, will result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account.
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 7, 2021
These are just excuses. They planned to do this all along.
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