YouTube deleted videos of Trump's CPAC speech and suspended a channel that posted it



YouTube reportedly deleted videos of a speech given by former President Donald Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and suspended at least one channel that published it.

The Right Side Broadcasting Network first noted the deletion of their CPAC Trump video on Thursday in a tweet from their official account.

"RSBN has been suspended from YouTube for two weeks because of the Trump #CPAC2021 speech, which violated their guidelines on election misinformation," said the RSBN Network.

NEW: RSBN has been suspended from YouTube for two weeks because of the Trump #CPAC2021 speech, which violated their… https://t.co/MUzPl4xo2B
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBN 🇺🇸) 1614876986.0

"The video was approaching 4 million views. They have also removed it from their platform," they added.

RSBN later added that it appeared that uploads of the speech by Trump were deleted from other channels, including those from the mainstream media. A search of YouTube garnered no results for his speech from the 2021 convention.

Videos critical of the president and others who spoke at CPAC were still available, including those which showed clips from the speeches.

RSBN indicated that the deletion and suspension might have been in relation to false claims the former president made about the results of the election.

It’s worth noting that according to YouTube’s terms, our video of Trump’s CPAC speech would have been allowed to st… https://t.co/APGwmWqJmk
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBN 🇺🇸) 1614897787.0

"We try to follow the rules. Don't air certain things that we normally would—but we won't censor President Trump or push back against things he says that, quite frankly, we agree with," they added in a second tweet.

Donald Trump Jr. weighed in on the deletion of the videos from his Twitter account.

"This sort of manipulation and interference only shows how much weight these monopolies put on the scale of freedom. It's never going to end until we all band together to stop it," tweeted Trump Jr.

Here's one of the videos of the CPAC speech still allowed on YouTube:

Trump's CPAC remarks in 180 secondswww.youtube.com

Trump wins CPAC straw poll by wide margin; DeSantis emerges as heir apparent



Former President Donald Trump handily won the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll. The annual CPAC straw poll serves as a barometer as to potential presidential candidates.

Before Trump delivered his speech on Sunday afternoon at CPAC in Florida, the results of the straw poll were released.

Of the CPAC attendees, 62% said election integrity was the most important issue, followed by 48% who said constitutional rights were of the utmost importance, 35% declared immigration was their top priority, and 32% said reopening the economy was most important issue to them.

As for the direction of the Republican Party, a whopping 95% of conservatives at the political convention want to continue with Trump's issue agenda and policies going forward.

Trump's presidential job approval was 97% with the CPAC crowd, including 87% who strongly approved of the former president's job while he was in the White House.

There were 68% of CPAC attendees who said Trump should run for president in 2024. If Trump was elected as president in 2024, he would be 78-years-old, the same current age as President Joe Biden.

The CPAC straw poll found that Trump was the overwhelming favorite candidate in 2024 at 55%. Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was the runner-up at 21%, followed by Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem at 4%, and Nikki Haley at 3%.

The CPAC straw poll asked who is their preferred presidential candidate if Trump doesn't run, and DeSantis was the overwhelming favorite with 43% of the vote, making him a potential heir apparent to Trump. Noem came in second at 11%, followed by Donald Trump Jr. at 8%, Mike Pompeo with 7%, Ted Cruz at 7%, Tucker Carlson capturing 3%, Josh Hawley snagging 3%, and Ivanka Trump at 3%.

At the 2016 CPAC, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) won the straw poll with 40% of the vote, followed by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). Trump, who canceled his appearance at the convention, finished third with 15% of the votes.

Watch @JMcLaughlinSTK announce the results of the #CPAC2021 Straw Poll. #AmericaUnCanceled https://t.co/8TuN2bjXjm
— CPAC 2021 (@CPAC 2021)1614544031.0

DeSantis delivered his CPAC speech on Friday, where he hit on immigration, big tech censorship, and election security.

"Florida's leading on the issues that matter to conservatives," DeSantis said. "We don't spout hollow rhetoric. We take decisive action."

"We cannot, we will not, go back to the days of the failed Republican establishment of yesteryear," the Florida governor proclaimed. "We reject open borders and instead support American sovereignty and the American worker. Building a movement on amnesty and cheap foreign labor is like building a house on a field of quicksand."

Ron DeSantis CPAC 2021: "Can't Cancel America" Florida Governor takes on media and democrats www.youtube.com