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https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse... about "start the shooting".
Note: Won't let me copy/paste the link or a screen shot.
smb
(3,471 posts)...like a supervisor who's gotten fed up with the office slacker and is getting all the ducks in a row to fire them and make it stick.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)spanone
(135,831 posts)sop
(10,177 posts)Renew Deal
(81,859 posts)demmiblue
(36,851 posts)The President did not glorify violence. He clearly condemned it.
@Jack and Twitter's biased, bad-faith "fact-checkers" have made it clear: Twitter is a publisher, not a platform.
The White House@WhiteHouse· 2h
These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I wont let that 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! twitter.com/realdonaldtrum
Goodheart
(5,324 posts)"These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I wont let that 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!
That ABSOLUTELY glorifies violence.
Thank you, Twitter.
CincyDem
(6,358 posts)He fired his best shot with this EO and the general consensus among real lawyers is that it wont hold up in court and, other than having exec agencies start doing some work, theyre years and years away from any real teeth.
So now, hopefully, trump learns what it means to pick a fight with A guy who, to reapply the old phrase, but ink by the barrel.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)I'm very skeptical about what we see being performed here. Everything is a show with Trump. And surely Twitter doesn't mind the stirring the pot as well. Cui bono and caveat emptor.
sop
(10,177 posts)EndlessWire
(6,529 posts)AntiFascist
(12,792 posts)calimary
(81,265 posts)I wish they'd flag EVERY divisive, deceitful, attempted-distraction post of his.
The other game I play with myself (aside from the "if I ran MSNBC" game) is the "if I were President" game. I would have the Twitter people come to that first lunch after the inauguration and tell them I've just declared donald trump a threat to national security and I want his Twitter account TAKEN DOWN. PERMANENTLY.