Trump on Saturday told his followers to drop Comcast - an egregious use of his presidential platform

[Demovictory9]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/13/media/comcast-president-trump-abuse-of-power/index.html

New York (CNN)President Trump on Saturday told his Twitter and Facebook followers to drop Comcast -- an egregious use of his presidential platform to hurt an American business.

For the most part, people just shrugged. Comcast executives barely batted any eyelashes. The company didn't bother to comment. And Google searches for "Comcast customer service" trended lower than in recent days.

Still, the president's missive was yet another example of his yearslong effort to punish media companies for news coverage he doesn't like.

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Saturday's anti-Comcast post received fewer than 10,000 retweets in 10 hours. On Facebook, where it was reposted, it received fewer than 7,500 comments. One of the comments with the most reactions said, "You spend way too much time on social media."

Strangely, his post was a reaction to a three-year-old tweet by former Arkansas governor and Fox News commentator Mike Huckabee, who wrote in 2017 that the mafia has "better service than Comcast."

"Sure they shoot you, but it's over with and they don't charge you for the bullet," Huckabee riffed.

It was unclear how the old tweet suddenly grabbed the president's attention. But he wrote in response, "Concast is known for its terrible service. On top of that they provide FAKE NEWS on MSDNC & @NBCNews. Drop them and go to a good provider!"

[at140]

1. I switch between Comcast & AT&T every couple of years

and take advantage of specials.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Regardless of what you think of Comcast, it's outrageous (as usual) for a president

to try to harm a private company's business - as he's also been trying to do to Amazon. Comcast doesn't even control the content of the channels it carries, but I suppose he'd want them to dump everything but Fox and OANN.

[Demovictory9]

5. outrage after outrage. no one even blinks an eye anymore. He's brought the office of the prez low

[GusFring]

3. You would think Bezos and Comcast could sue for some of the things Trump has said about them.

[kentuck]

4. Another example of his "unfitness"...

Whomever he dislikes today may have to suffer the consequences?

[Runningdawg]

6. He has also told numerous companies to fire people. Remember the Kaepernick comment? "Fire the SOB"

[shanti]

7. Really Chump?

Comcast is the only game in town here, and in many other places.

[Ilsa]

8. Tweet withstanding,I wish I could drop

Comcast. Internet service is too expensive.

[Glamrock]

9. Okay so

1) I’ve had Comcast for probably close to 20 years. Are they expensive? Yeah, I’m down to internet only. But they are reliable as shit. I lose connection less than once a month and usually for no more than 15 minutes. And usually between 2-4 am....when they are upgrading equipment.

2) I hope Comcast sues the shit out of him.

[malaise]

10. So why is his campaign runnings ads there

That is all

[nakocal]

11. And the vast majority of the retweets were probably Russian Bots

Russian controlled bots form a large part of Trump's twitter followers and retweeters.