{"id":1456634,"date":"2022-04-28T10:59:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T14:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1456634"},"modified":"2022-04-28T10:59:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T14:59:39","slug":"james-woods-notes-surge-in-followers-then-slams-pre-musk-twitter-era-for-pre-election-suppression-of-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-woods-notes-surge-in-followers-then-slams-pre-musk-twitter-era-for-pre-election-suppression-of-free-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"James Woods Notes Surge In Followers, Then Slams Pre-Musk Twitter Era For \u2018Pre-Election Suppression Of Free Speech\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjames-woods-notes-surge-in-followers-then-slams-pre-musk-twitter-era-for-pre-election-suppression-of-free-speech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1456634&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2020\/02\/James-Woods-scaled-e1599569820395.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday night, actor James Woods pointed out that in the two days since Elon Musk successfully purchased Twitter he had suddenly added over 70,000 followers, prompting him to slam pre-Musk Twitter for its suppression of free speech prior to the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>He fired, \u201cI don\u2019t think anybody has fully grasped the devastating impact the pre-election suppression of free speech has had on our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded succinctly, \u201c#ThankYouElonMusk.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At the end of two days of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TwitterFreedom?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TwitterFreedom<\/a> I\u2019ve added 73,000 new followers. <\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think anybody has fully grasped the devastating impact the pre-election suppression of free speech has had on our nation. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThankYouElonMusk?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThankYouElonMusk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJamesWoods\/status\/1519507594171207680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After news broke in early April that Musk had become Twitter\u2019s largest shareholder, Woods wasted no time in offering two salient suggestions after Musk had tweeted that he was \u201clooking forward\u201d to \u201cmake significant improvements to Twitter in coming months!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Woods tweeted, \u201cDear @elonmusk, welcome to Twitter. I join millions of users in hoping your presence will restore integrity to this once valuable forum. Two thoughts: Remove all politically motivated algorithms from the site. Make people have to use their real identities to end abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a>, welcome to Twitter. I join millions of users in hoping your presence will restore integrity to this once valuable forum.  <\/p>\n<p>Two thoughts:<\/p>\n<p>Remove all politically motivated algorithms from the site.  <\/p>\n<p>Make people have to use their real identities to end abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJamesWoods\/status\/1511373498970611712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Woods has criticized bias not only in social media but among the legacy media as well; in late September 2020, after the first presidential debate between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden had come to its conclusion, Woods summed up the debate in one hilarious tweet, indirectly referring to moderator Chris Wallace\u2019s penchant during the second half of the debate for challenging President Trump while leaving Biden\u2019s remarks unaddressed, a performance that left many people highly critical of Wallace.<\/p>\n<p>Woods wrote, \u201cPresident Trump crushed his opponent Chris Wallace head to head in the debate. There was also another fellow wandering around muttering to himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Trump crushed his opponent Chris Wallace head to head in the debate. There was also another fellow wandering around muttering to himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJamesWoods\/status\/1311129683967188992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the debate, Woods opined, \u201cChris Wallace is shamelessly biased. It\u2019s a beautiful demonstration of fake news in action. I\u2019m actually glad it\u2019s happening, because you can see it for yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Wallace is shamelessly biased. It\u2019s a beautiful demonstration of fake news in action. I\u2019m actually glad it\u2019s happening, because you can see it for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJamesWoods\/status\/1311124714669002752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Woods added later, \u201cOutnumbered and out gunned, Trump was an everyman tough guy who declared very clearly he wasn\u2019t about to take any crap from a tired career political hack and his media gunsel. Imagine if Trump had been able to answer one question uninterrupted and Biden been forced to answer his.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Outnumbered and out gunned, Trump was an everyman tough guy who declared very clearly he wasn\u2019t about to take any crap from a tired career political hack and his media gunsel. Imagine if Trump had been able to answer one question uninterrupted and Biden been forced to answer his.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJamesWoods\/status\/1311191057128779777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Florida\u2019s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis gained over 200,000 followers this week, as The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/27\/conservatives-see-spike-in-followers-on-elon-musks-twitter\/\">reported<\/a>. Fox News host Tucker Carlson gained roughly 150,000 followers, and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) garnered over 60,000 followers, prompting him <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1519061147634356226\">to say<\/a>, \u201cIt really is something how conservative accounts are getting massive follower increases today\u2026.\u201d The Post noted, \u201cDonald Trump Jr. led the way in questioning the giant spike, which saw him gain 87,296 new followers by Tuesday \u2014 and another 119,022 by early Wednesday, after weeks of averaging only a few thousand each day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump Jr. pointed out, \u201cWhile I\u2019m awesome and totally deserving of 87,000 new followers a day it seems that someone took the shackles off my account. 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