{"id":68573,"date":"2021-01-09T08:05:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T13:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=68573"},"modified":"2021-01-09T16:26:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T21:26:49","slug":"conservatives-respond-to-twitters-ban-on-the-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-respond-to-twitters-ban-on-the-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives respond to Twitter\u2019s ban on the President"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fconservatives-respond-to-twitters-ban-on-the-president%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=68573&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--><p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1295388232-315x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2355678\" style=\"width: 665px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2355678\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2355678 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1295388232-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2355678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA &#8211; JANUARY 08: The suspended Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump appears on a laptop screen on January 08, 2021 in San Anselmo, California. Citing the risk of further incitement of violence following an attempted insurrection on Wednesday, Twitter permanently suspended President Donald Trump\u2019s account. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>\nUPDATED 12:50 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, January 9, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Conservative lawmakers are slamming Twitter for deleting President Trump&#8217;s account, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/2021\/01\/08\/twitter-permanently-bans-president-trump\/6603578002\/\">Big Tech censorship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The social media giant banned the President&#8217;s personal account on Friday to prevent &#8220;inciting further violence&#8221; following the attack on Capitol Hill. However, his official &#8216;POTUS&#8217; account remains active although several of its tweets were deleted this week. Everything from moderate to conservative voices was quick to denounce the move as censorship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After close review of recent Tweets from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CBpE1I6j8Y\">https:\/\/t.co\/CBpE1I6j8Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSafety\/status\/1347684877634838528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley compared it to the oppression of citizens in communist China. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has said the ban will &#8220;only divide us further.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What happened on Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol is as wrong as wrong can be. <\/p>\n<p>But canceling conservative speech will not promote \u201cunity and healing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It will only divide us further.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1347701274112892929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The President&#8217;s son, Don Jr. &#8212; who himself has faced threats of censorship from Twitter &#8212; referenced the dystopian reality of the novel &#8220;1984&#8221; by George Orwell. He also noted Big Tech killed free speech in America.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are living Orwell\u2019s 1984. Free-speech no longer exists in America. It died with big tech and what\u2019s left is only there for a chosen few. <\/p>\n<p>This is absolute insanity! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s2z8ymFsLX\">https:\/\/t.co\/s2z8ymFsLX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1347697226466828288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other lawmakers pointed to Twitter&#8217;s hypocrisy by allowing the account of Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to keep running despite terrorism threats towards the U.S.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Ayatollah, Iran&#039;s President &amp; their terrorist mouthpiece Zarif all have full, unfettered Twitter access.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese Communist Party officials are free to tweet out that the US military sent Coronavirus to China.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the President of the USA has been permanently banned.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lee Zeldin (@leezeldin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leezeldin\/status\/1347705486351736833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) pointed to &#8221;anti-American&#8221; tweets also from the Chinese Communist Party. Even Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), whose waning support for the President has become noticed by conservatives, called the decision a &#8220;mistake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twitter may ban me for this but I willingly accept that fate: Your decision to permanently ban President Trump is a serious mistake. <\/p>\n<p>The Ayatollah can tweet, but Trump can\u2019t. Says a lot about the people who run Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1347713459874627588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Conservatives said Twitter has lost any respect it had for free speech. They noted the Big Tech giant is pushing Democrat agendas by silencing conservatives who speak out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big tech tyranny is playing out before our very eyes.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz\/status\/1347704866844631040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the meantime, Facebook and Instagram have placed temporary bans on the President&#8217;s accounts till the end of his term. Snapchat and Twitch have suspended the President&#8217;s access to his accounts, as well.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/big-tech-to-ban-parler-over-lack-of-content-moderation\/\">Big Tech To Ban Parler Over Lack Of Content Moderation<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA \u2013 JANUARY 08: The suspended Twitter &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892132,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68573","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}