Joe Biden must start presidential Twitter profiles at zero as Trump refuses to turn over accounts [View all]
December 22, 2020
Travis Gettys
Joe Biden must start presidential Twitter profiles at zero as Trump refuses to turn over accounts
President-elect Joe Biden will start his official Twitter accounts from scratch after taking office next month.
President Donald Trump absorbed all of his predecessor's followers on the official @POTUS and @WhiteHouse accounts, at Barack Obama's suggestion, but Biden's digital director confirmed that Twitter will not transfer those social media followers to the president-elect.
"In 2016, the Trump admin absorbed all of President Obama's Twitter followers on @POTUS and @WhiteHouse -- at Team 44's urging," Flaherty tweeted. "In 2020, Twitter has informed us that as of right now the Biden administration will have to start from zero."
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The @POTUS account has 33.2 million followers and @WhiteHouse account has 26 million followers.
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