Biden: "I am not a tweeter." He gets my vote for this statement alone!

[fleur-de-lisa]

Johnny Verhovek @JTHVerhovek (ABC)

When asked if he'll tweet as President, Biden tells @KDKA's @JonDelano: "I am not a tweeter. I'm going to speak to the American people directly. I'm not engaged in trying to foment hatred and division. It's about uniting the country."

3:24 PM · Sep 1, 2020

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[kentuck]

1. That's all he needs to say.

That just about covers it.

[lagomorph777]

27. Yup - accurately painting Twit as a hate machine.

[Cha]

2. Thank you, Joe Biden.. exactly what needed to be said!

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Good! Very Good!

The "in mom's basement" feel is not the least bit presidential.

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. I wish he had added that he WILL NOT govern by tweet.

[ananda]

5. Such a breath of fresh air!

Thanks

[dhill926]

6. good...

this governing by tweet is pure insanity....

[Blue_playwright]

7. I cannot wait ...

... for formal statements from the WH and coordinated messaging and PR. I don’t like that Keighleigh or whatever her name is, but I do appreciate the reinstatement of press conferences and her lies being so beautifully organized in her binder.

And she dresses well. I’m shallow. 🤷🏻‍♀️

But won’t it be nice to have a normal set of communication channels again?

[Blue Owl]

8. K&R

Seems like twitter was made for idiotic dopes like tRump

[lpbk2713]

9. Joe Biden gets it.

A real leader wouldn't communicate with his country via social networking.

[warmfeet]

10. There are myriad reasons to vote for Joe Biden.

This is a very important one.

Please vote Joe & Kamala this November 3rd.

[dalton99a]

11. Kick

[BigmanPigman]

12. Good campaign slogan.

[Wounded Bear]

13. Need to send out a #JoeDontTweet message...

[hibbing]

14. Clean, concise, keep it up Joe!

I know we have a long, long way to go, but I'm loving his campaign so far. Make the contrast over and over again.


Peace

[SheltieLover]

15. Joe is not a twitter nut, he is a DOER - A leader

[colsohlibgal]

16. Yep That's A Plus To Some Of Us

Haven’t tweeted for awhile and have come to loathe the term “App”.

Have at it if it rocks your boat.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

17. I can't wait!

It'll be better than blue skies to have a real President in the White House after 4 years of heavy winds, dark skies and damaging tweet Storms.

[TNNurse]

18. Governing by Tweet should have been banned from Day one.

[Sherman A1]

19. That will be a breath of fresh air

This government and society by Twitter drives me crazy.

[LiberalLovinLug]

20. Big mistake. The next President must embrace social media

Because it will embrace them first.

AOC has shown how to use it. You must snap back quickly to lies, and not let them fester and grow with silence. I do not use Twitter, but I'm not a modern day politician. Do you think Trump will stop for one day if he is defeated in November? Or Putin's trolls?

I'm not saying Biden should abuse Twitter as Donald does. But used sparingly it is pertinent to any modern day politician, and a well placed, quick, response on social media's biggest megaphone, is a very important tool you don't dismiss so quickly.

I'm not happy about that, but them's the facts.

[Dukkha]

21. Damn right!

I was hoping Biden would make a pledge like this. Using Twitter all the time not only shows how simple-minded he is, but shows a total lack of respect to the office of the president.

[KPN]

22. Man, I can't wait for Joe to be back in the White House,

this time as the resident and a real (not fake) POTUS!

[BlueMTexpat]

23. Amen to that!

[onetexan]

24. Second that!

[llmart]

25. I am so pleased to hear this!

A president tweeting is just one more lowered bar in our country - one we don't need. I like Presidents who set high standards for our country and it's citizens instead of dumbing everything down to a trump supporter's level.

I wish he would have added something like "I'll be too busy actually doing the work of a President to be wasting any time tweeting." We all know that trumpie hasn't done a lick of work since Day One.

[forgotmylogin]

26. The President should not spend time tweeting directly.

I have absolutely no problem with the official POTUS twitter account posting occasional statements and information, but the information should be carefully planned, vetted and posted by people whose job it is to communicate for the president on their behalf, not random tweeting at the drop of a thought.

President is an important enough job that the office *should* have a skilled PR/communications team to handle this for them.