Updated January 9th, 2021 at 15:53 IST
US is not China, say Republicans condemning Twitter for permanently suspending Trump's account
Several Republican leaders, including popular Indian- American politician Nikki Haley, have condemned Twitter for permanently deactivating outgoing President Donald Trump's account, saying that the "US is not China".
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Several Republican leaders, including popular Indian- American politician Nikki Haley, have condemned Twitter for permanently deactivating outgoing President Donald Trump's account, saying that the "US is not China".
Twitter on Friday permanently suspended Trump's account due to the "risk of further incitement of violence", days after his supporters stormed the US Capitol and caused the deaths of four civilians and a police officer.
Silencing people, not to mention the President of the US, is what happens in China not our country. #Unbelievable
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley)
The president has not always chosen the right words and his actions post-election will be "judged harshly by history", she had said in the meeting.
US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr Ben Carson, joined Haley in opposing the Twitter's move.
Silencing a significant number of voters and erasing history is no way to unite us; it only further divides. Big tech & social media platforms want to act like media orgs but don’t want to be held accountable with the rest of media. Speech should be free whether you agree or not.
— Ben Carson (@SecretaryCarson)
You want to ban @realDonaldTrump, fine you’re a private company, but @Twitter deleting the President’s account which highlights this admin & its history is wrong. @Facebook & @instagram banning all images from the Capitol riot is a dangerous precedent to set. We aren’t in China.
— Ben Carson (@SecretaryCarson)
Twitter also suspended the account of Trump campaign and deleted his tweets from the official twitter handle of the US President.
Twitter also suspended the account of Trump campaign digital director Gary Coby after he changed his Twitter name to 'Donald Trump' and tweeted from the account.
Disgusting. Big Tech wants to cancel all 75M @realDonaldTrump supporters.
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC)
If you don’t think they’re coming for you next, you’re wrong.
“Twitter bans President Trump” https://t.co/4inOMm4Jth
We are living Orwell’s 1984. Free-speech no longer exists in America. It died with big tech and what’s left is only there for a chosen few.
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr)
This is absolute insanity! https://t.co/s2z8ymFsLX
So the ayatollah, and numerous other dictatorial regimes can have Twitter accounts with no issue despite threatening genocide to entire countries and killing homosexuals etc... but The President of the United States should be permanently suspended.
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr)
Mao would be proud.
(IMAGE CREDITS:AP)
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Published January 9th, 2021 at 15:53 IST