Steven Crowder looks back on Trump's most hilarious tweets
Crowder is back on YouTube, and Elon Musk brought Donald Trump back to Twitter. But does Trump want to come back? Also, Crowder tells you everything you didn't know about the census. And is the Left lying about redistricting? That and more on today's episode of "Louder with Crowder."
Want more from Steven Crowder?
To enjoy more of Steven’s uncensored late-night comedy that’s actually funny, join Mug Club — the only place for all of Crowder uncensored and on demand.
Trump says Twitter can't be successful without him, but he will stay on his own platform: 'I am staying on Truth. I like it better'
Former President Donald Trump responded to the acquisition of Twitter by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk by saying he would keep to his own social media platform.
The former president made the comments in an interview with Fox News Digital Friday.
"I like Elon and I wish him a lot of luck. I hope he does well with it," said Trump.
He would not say if he would rejoin Twitter if he were allowed back on the platform. He was permanently suspended by Twitter over statements he made about the veracity of the election on Jan. 6 as some of his followers were rioting at the U.S. Capitol.
Trump has since joined Truth Social, an alternate social media platform.
"I am staying on Truth. I like it better, I like the way it works, I like Elon, but I'm staying on Truth," he added.
He went on to claim that Twitter had only been popular after he joined it.
"Facebook is now down $80 billion and boring. Twitter has been taken over, and, if it wasn’t for me, it would have never been taken over. No one would have even thought about it," he said.
"I made Twitter hot 12 years ago, I made Twitter hot," he said. "And then when they terminated, it became cold, and that’s what happened."
Trump has previously said that Twitter did him a favor by banning him because he was able to reach more people on his own through press releases. He's also said that he would never return to Twitter because it was boring.
He also posted a statement on Truth Social about Musk's acquisition.
“I am very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands, and will no longer be run by Radical Left Lunatics and Maniacs that truly hate our country,” Trump wrote. “Twitter must now work hard to rid itself of all of the bots and fake accounts that have hurt it so badly. It will be much smaller, but better. I LOVE TRUTH!”
Musk said Friday that he would create a "content moderation council" to determine which accounts should continue to be suspended. Some wondered whether this was a precursor to allowing Trump back on the platform.
Many on the left responded to Musk seizing Twitter by claiming that they would leave the platform over their opposition to Musk's political sympathies.
"It’s like the gates of hell opened on this site tonight," tweeted controversial Washington Post technology columnist Taylor Lorenz.
Here's more about Musk taking Twitter:
Is Elon Musk Walking into a FIRESTORM at Twitter? | The News & Why It Matters | 10/27/22www.youtube.com
Joe Rogan proclaims Twitter banning Trump was a 'terrible idea,' hopes Elon Musk can improve social media
Joe Rogan recently talked about Twitter's dominance as a means of communication and a need for competition. During Friday's "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast with fellow stand-up comedian Greg Fitzsimmons, the prolific podcaster said Twitter banning former President Donald Trump was a "terrible idea" and discussed what role Elon Musk will have on the social media platform after purchasing 73.5 million shares valued at just under $3 billion.
Rogan said he was interested in what effect Musk – who he called a "f***ing wizard" – will have on Twitter after purchasing 9% of Twitter's stock to become the tech company's largest shareholder. Rogan pondered if Musk will have input on a potential edit button, have a say on who the social platform will ban in the future, and whether or not the social media platform will "want to apply the principles of the First Amendment."
Rogan noted that Twitter is "pretty ruthless" about banning and suspending users. Rogan voiced his criticism of Twitter permanently banning then-President Trump in January 2021.
"I don't think Twitter should have banned Trump," Rogan said. "I think that was a terrible idea. It's a terrible precedent to set."
"You can't decide that you don't like a guy who is the f***ing sitting president of the United States at the time, and kick him off your platform because you don't like the things he's saying," Rogan declared.
Rogan said that people who are banned on Twitter simply move to new social media networks and make that platform toxic.
"But the problem is when they've got these s***ty people that they've kicked off of these other platforms like Twitter," he expressed. "Then they go to these other places, and they run amok and then they're like, 'Hey, free speech, you need free speech.' But then they're organizing harassment campaigns and f***ing with people and targeting them all day long and constantly commenting on them."
Rogan said social media users harassing others is "not good either" and would make him not want to visit sites where people are vicious.
But he noted, "I think we need alternatives that adhere to free speech."
Rogan pointed out that "there's great value in having competitors, whether it's to Twitter or YouTube or to any of these giant, huge companies that have a massive pipeline to the consciousness of the world."
He said there are concerns when massive corporations have control over who gets to distribute information on platforms with "unprecedented" reach.
"There's never been a thing like that we're a privately owned company has the ability to get ideas out there that can change the way elections are run, to change the way so many things are thought of in this country," he added. "I think we need alternatives."
Last month, the UFC color commentator slammed "woke" virtue-signaling big tech CEOs for censorship.
(WARNING: Explicit language)
Joe on Elon Musk Being on the Board at Twitter www.youtube.com
Iran tweets threats of violent revenge against Trump — but Twitter took its sweet time removing the message and people are noticing
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Thursday tweeted what appeared to be an ominous warning against former President Donald Trump.
The tweet remained up for several hours and garnered much criticism before Twitter — which banned Trump for reportedly inciting violence ahead of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol — suspended Khamenei's account.
On Friday, Reuters confirmed that Twitter suspended the account.
What are the details?
Roughly translated, the tweet said, "Revenge is inevitable. Revenge must be taken on those who ordered the murder of General Soleimani as well as those who carried it."
The tweet accompanied a photo of a Trump likeness playing golf, with what appeared to be a graphic of a bomber aircraft's shadow appearing from afar, above his head.
According to Newsweek, the image was previously tweeted by Iranian media outlet Tasnim News Agency.
Image source: Wayback Machine screenshot
'Social media playing field remains starkly tilted in favor of the dictatorship'
Washington Post contributor Masih Alinejad called for Twitter to ban Khamenei's account, and on Thursday, wrote, "Many Iranian human rights activists have often wondered why Twitter and other social media organizations take so little action against the Islamic republic's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and other government officials."
"Meanwhile, Khamenei has banned 83 million Iranians from Twitter, although he and his allies make full use of social platforms to spread their lies — without even a hint of warning labels," Alinejad continued. "The social media playing field remains starkly tilted in favor of the dictatorship."
Alinejad referred to an October Senate hearing in which Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said that Khamenei's history of anti-Semitic tweets and calls to obliterate Israel "didn't violate the company's rules because they were only 'saber-rattling.'"
"This is shortsighted — and plain wrong," Alinejad continued.
"It is time to start restricting social media access for those authoritarian leaders and high-ranking officials who advocate violence against dissidents," she concluded. "It's time for Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg and the other tech titans to stop giving Khamenei the means to preach hatred. We must hold all dictators to account."
'Is this a joke?'
The BBC on Friday reported that Twitter only suspended the account after outcry over the apparent double standard.
The British news organization cited one social media user's complaints, which stated, "How come this atrocious psychopath can openly call for the assassination of a former U.S. president, and not be kicked out of Twitter?"
Another person added, "Trump's banned but this is perfectly OK. Is this a joke?"
On Friday, the Times of Israel reported that a spokesperson for Twitter said that the tweet violated the company's "abusive behavior policy" and violated its "manipulation and spam policy, specifically the creation of fake accounts."
"However, Khamenei's office runs several accounts and the others were still working, including his main account, which he regularly uses to call for the destruction of the Jewish state," the outlet added.
Report: President Trump will fight Big Tech's censorship of conservatives in final days of presidency
President Trump is planning to fight against Big Tech's censorship of conservatives during his final days in office, a White House adviser reportedly told CNN on Sunday.
The adviser allegedly told the news outlet that the president plans to use "his permanent suspension from Twitter as an opportunity to shift the narrative away from the insurrection on Capitol Hill earlier in the week," instead spotlighting the left's attempts to censor conservative ideas and voices.
"This isn't just about President Trump, but this is literally about the 75 million Americans [who supported him]," the adviser claimed.
Last Friday — after supporters of the president stormed the U.S. Capitol while Congress was in session — Twitter announced that Trump would never again be permitted a voice on the platform "due to the risk of further incitement of violence." Facebook also took action to de-platform Trump "indefinitely," though the company refrained from instituting a permanent ban on the president, at least for now.
The actions provoked concern that Big Tech's censorship wouldn't stop with the president, but move on to affect conservatives at large. Furthering those concerns, tech giants Apple and Amazon have taken steps over the past several days to de-platform Parler, a conservative Twitter alternative, unless the free speech company implemented a content moderation plan.
Meanwhile, some conservative voices on Twitter have reported that the company has purged thousands of their followers in the wake of the Capitol riot. The loss of followers could be due to the company's removal of QAnon-linked accounts or users voluntarily removing themselves from the platform.
BlazeTV reporter Elijah Schaffer was investigated by CNN and temporarily suspended from Facebook and Instagram over his live reporting of the events inside the Capitol last Wednesday.
"Big Tech and Capitol Hill Democrats seem to have the magic ability to galvanize the Republican base in a way that only they know how to do," the adviser added in conversation with CNN.
In a surprising assessment of the recent Big Tech censorship of President Trump, even the American Civil Liberties Union, a group which normally fights conservative causes, expressed concern over the "unchecked power" of large social media companies.
"We understand the desire to permanently suspend him now, but it should concern everyone when companies like Facebook and Twitter wield the unchecked power to remove people from platforms that have become indispensable for the speech of billions — especially when political realities make those decisions easier," the organization said in a statement.
The report noted it remains to be seen what exactly the president will do — or even can do — at this late stage of his presidency. But it seems certain that in the coming months, calls to strip social media companies of their legal protections under Section 230, a move supported by the president, will likely increase.
Twitter confirms Trump could be banned for rule-violating tweets after Joe Biden is sworn in as president
Twitter has previously flagged President Donald Trump's tweets with warning labels and disclaimers accusing the president of spreading misinformation, but so far has refrained from outright banning Trump's account.
Come Jan. 20, 2021, that may change.
A spokesperson for Twitter confirmed to Forbes earlier this month that Trump's account will no longer be protected under Twitter's "World Leaders policy" after President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated.
Trump tweets that violate Twitter's rules on election misinformation or hate speech, for example, could see enforcement action taken against the president's account. Trump will have to follow the same guidelines as regular citizens, the spokesman said.
In the weeks following the U.S. presidential election, Trump has repeatedly claimed on Twitter that widespread voter fraud cost him the election. He has raised concerns about voting machines, claimed Trump votes were "routed to Biden," and asserted that battleground states "CANNOT LEGALLY CERTIFY" the results of their elections even as states legally certified their election results. For each of these claims, Twitter has added a notification to Trump's tweets that says, "This claim about election fraud is disputed."
President Trump is the second most-followed politician on Twitter, with 88.6 million followers — only behind former President Barack Obama's 125 million. After he leaves office, any enforcement action taken against his account will be noticed.
Twitter has come under fire from Republican politicians who have accused the platform of engaging in censorship and bias against right-leaning points of view. The social media platform enjoys certain protections under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a federal law that protects internet companies from being liable for content posted on their platforms by third parties.
President Trump and other Republicans have called for Section 230 to be reformed, with the president threatening to veto major defense legislation should Congress fail to address the issue.
.....Therefore, if the very dangerous & unfair Section 230 is not completely terminated as part of the National Def… https://t.co/ZM5zkyaeAs— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump)1606877104.0
Reform of Section 230 does have bipartisan support. Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) recently introduced a bill with Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) to strip big tech companies of their Section 230 protections.
Today I introduced the Break Up Big Tech Act with @RepGosar to remove #Sec230 immunity for tech companies who act l… https://t.co/3PKHNBjhlY— Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (@Rep. Tulsi Gabbard)1607566216.0
Once Trump is no longer president, he will be subject to the same rules as other Twitter users. Typically, the first violation of one of Twitter's rules will result in Twitter either limiting the visibility of the violating tweet or requiring a user to remove the tweet before he can tweet again from that account. But repeated violations can result in an account becoming permanently suspended, which Twitter describes as its "most severe enforcement action."
"Permanently suspending an account will remove it from global view, and the violator will not be allowed to create new accounts. When we permanently suspend an account, we notify people that they have been suspended for abuse violations, and explain which policy or policies they have violated and which content was in violation," the Twitter rules state. A user may appeal a permanent suspension by filing a report with Twitter.
Trump declares he is 'immune' to COVID-19, Twitter flags and limits sharing of president's tweet
Twitter has once again flagged one of President Donald Trump's tweets. The tech giant's latest censoring of the president's account involves a post where Trump declared that he is "immune" to COVID-19.
On Sunday, Trump tweeted: "A total and complete sign off from White House Doctors yesterday. That means I can't get it (immune), and can't give it. Very nice to know!"
Twitter flagged the president's tweet, claiming that it violated the company's rules "about spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to COVID-19." The post was not deleted after the social media platform deemed that while the communication broke Twitter's rules, the tweet may be in the public's interest to remain accessible.
A total and complete sign off from White House Doctors yesterday. That means I can’t get it (immune), and can’t giv… https://t.co/oHtl2plfXY— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump)1602430763.0
The president's tweet was accessible; however, Twitter limited how users could interact with the social media post. Attempts to reply to the president's immunity tweet result in a pop-up window that says Twitter "disabled most of the ways" a user can engage with the post as a way to stop the tweet from "reaching more people."
Twitter also disabled users from retweeting Trump's tweet or giving it a "Like." The only engagement of the president's tweet that is permitted is to "quote tweet" the post.
On August 3, CDC said people could continue to test positive for up to three months after diagnosis and not be infectious to others. Then the CDC issued another press release on Aug. 14 that provided clarification. "Contrary to media reporting today, this science does not imply a person is immune to reinfection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the 3 months following infection," the CDC stated.
On Friday, Trump gave an interview to Dr. Marc Siegel, a medical contributor to Fox News, where the president said that he was at "the bottom of the scale or free" of coronavirus.
On Saturday, Navy Cmdr. Dr. Sean Conley issued a memo and declared that Trump meets the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for "safe discontinuation of isolation," and by current "recognized standards" he is no longer considered a transmission risk to others.
On Sunday during an interview with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, Trump said, "It seems like I'm immune, so I can go way out of a basement, which I would have done anyway."
Trump resumed his campaign events on Saturday with a White House South Lawn event that was coordinated with Candace Owens' Blexit organization, which encourages minorities to not blindly and automatically vote for Democrats. Trump is scheduled to appear at a reelection rally on Monday in Sanford, Florida.
This isn't the first time that Twitter has censored Trump's account.
In May, Twitter flagged a Trump tweet for "glorifying violence." The post read: "...These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won't let it happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!"
In June, Twitter blocked a Trump tweet that said: "There will never be an 'Autonomous Zone' in Washington, D.C., as long as I'm your President. If they try they will be met with serious force!" Twitter's explanation for censoring the president is that the post violated the company's policy against abusive behavior, "specifically, the presence of a threat of harm against an identifiable group."
Also in June, Twitter removed a meme that the president posted because The New York Times filed a copyright complaint.
In July, Twitter removed one of Trump tweets over copyright complaints by the alternative rock band Linkin Park.
During a hearing on anti-Semitism in July, a Twitter representative defended the social media company's decision to flag tweets from Trump, while at the same time allowing tweets from Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that call for genocide.
www.theblaze.com
freebeacon.com
Elon Musk Under ATTACK After EXPOSING Radical Twitter Employees | @LevinTV