{"id":1472417,"date":"2022-05-12T07:44:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T11:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1472417"},"modified":"2022-05-12T07:44:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T11:44:53","slug":"aclu-admits-elon-musks-decision-to-reverse-trump-twitter-ban-is-the-right-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aclu-admits-elon-musks-decision-to-reverse-trump-twitter-ban-is-the-right-call\/","title":{"rendered":"ACLU Admits Elon Musk\u2019s Decision to Reverse Trump Twitter Ban Is \u201cThe Right Call\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Faclu-admits-elon-musks-decision-to-reverse-trump-twitter-ban-is-the-right-call%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=1472417&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><\/div>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The ACLU came out in support of Elon Musk after he said he would reinstate Trump&#8217;s Twitter account.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>On Tuesday, Elon Musk said that if he takes control of Twitter, he would like to see Donald Trump&#8217;s ban lifted.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>While some have criticized his decision, Musk has found an unlikely ally in the American Civil Liberties Union, a group that has long been critical of the former president and his ilk.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/aclu-comment-elon-musk-stating-he-will-reinstate-trump-twitter\">statement<\/a> from ACLU executive director Anthony D. Romero, the group voiced their reaction to Musk&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;You\u2019d be hard-pressed to find a more steadfast opponent of Trump and his policies than the ACLU,&#8221; Romero said, &#8220;but Elon Musk\u2019s decision to re-platform President Trump is the right call. When a handful of individuals possess so much power over the most important forums for political speech, they should exercise that power with restraint.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Romero then suggested that if Trump violates the rules once being reinstated, Twitter should simply remove the post instead of resorting to banning someone with his standing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Like it or not,&#8221; Romero continued, &#8220;President Trump is one of the most important political figures in this country, and the public has a strong interest in hearing his speech. Indeed, some of Trump\u2019s most offensive tweets ended up being critical evidence in lawsuits filed against him and his administration. And we should know \u2014 we filed over 400 legal actions against him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Musk made the <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-elon-musk-signals-he-will-lift-twitters-ban-on-trump-after-deal-closes\/\">comment<\/a> during a virtual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VfyrQVhfGZc\">interview<\/a> with the Financial Times. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;I do think that it was not correct to ban Donald Trump,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think that was a mistake because it alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;I would reverse the permanent ban \u2026 I think permanent bans just fundamentally undermine trust in Twitter as a town square where everyone can voice their opinion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t own Twitter yet,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So this is not like a thing that will definitely happen, because what if I don\u2019t own Twitter?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Trump was kicked off the platform in 2021 following the Capitol Riots, and has since taken to using official statements as well as Truth Social to reach his followers.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ACLU came out in support of Elon Musk after he said he would reinstate Trump&#8217;s Twitter account.On Tuesday, Elon Musk said that if he takes control of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1472417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1472417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1472417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1472417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1472417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}