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Trump tells protestors to go home, tweet is removed and he gets locked..? Wtf is going on here? Is twitter trying to further escalate the situation? Tweet in q

by im3w1l 6y ago

Trump tells protestors to go home, tweet is removed and he gets locked..? Wtf is going on here? Is twitter trying to further escalate the situation? Tweet in question was: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1346928882595885058 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/13469288825958850... Not just me claiming this, many people in the hn megathread saw it too and mentioned it too. E.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25663164 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25663164 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25662774 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25662774 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25662781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25662781

re 6y ago
This is a transcript of his video message which you linked that was removed by Twitter. I'll hold off on commentary/speculation of why it would have been removed. > I know your pain, I know you’re hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us. It was a landslide election and everyone knows it, especially the other side, but you have to go home now. We have to have peace. We have to have law and order. We have to respect our great people in law and order. We don’t want anybody hurt. > It’s a very tough period of time. There’s never been a time like this where such a thing happened, where they could take it away from all of us, from me, from you, from our country. This was a fraudulent election, but we can’t play into the hands of these people. > We have to have peace, so go home. We love you, you’re very special. You’ve seen what happens, you see the way others are treated that are so bad and so evil. I know how you feel, but go home and go home in peace.
- im3w1l 6y ago
  Thanks for posting a transcript. That's similar to what I remember, but still do you have a source for other people?
  - wsinks 6y ago
    PBS played the video live. I can't find their copy of the video, but here's their report about it: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/live-update/pro-trump-mob-breaches-u-s-capitol/trump-tells-very-special-protesters-to-go-home https://www.pbs.org/newshour/live-update/pro-trump-mob-breac...
  - re 6y ago
    https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-302d5a6dce75f9e8b5be75eddb4ca2ce/gallery/f266665e84394f4faa0171cc284eeb0a https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-tr... ABC News mirror on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AeI6Mv0ALg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AeI6Mv0ALg and their own site: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/home-love-trump-protesters-75094574 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/home-love-trump-protes...
newguy1234 6y ago
Twitter intentionally did it. They benefit from controversy since more people use the platform to tweet about events and go to the platform to read about the events. Gotta get those clicks.
nullc 6y ago
I saved the video, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25668841 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25668841

by im3w1l 6y ago

re 6y ago

This is a transcript of his video message which you linked that was removed by Twitter. I'll hold off on commentary/speculation of why it would have been removed. > I know your pain, I know you’re hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us. It was a landslide election and everyone knows it, especially the other side, but you have to go home now. We have to have peace. We have to have law and order. We have to respect our great people in law and order. We don’t want anybody hurt. > It’s a very tough period of time. There’s never been a time like this where such a thing happened, where they could take it away from all of us, from me, from you, from our country. This was a fraudulent election, but we can’t play into the hands of these people. > We have to have peace, so go home. We love you, you’re very special. You’ve seen what happens, you see the way others are treated that are so bad and so evil. I know how you feel, but go home and go home in peace.

im3w1l 6y ago
Thanks for posting a transcript. That's similar to what I remember, but still do you have a source for other people?
- wsinks 6y ago
  PBS played the video live. I can't find their copy of the video, but here's their report about it: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/live-update/pro-trump-mob-breaches-u-s-capitol/trump-tells-very-special-protesters-to-go-home https://www.pbs.org/newshour/live-update/pro-trump-mob-breac...
- re 6y ago
  https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-302d5a6dce75f9e8b5be75eddb4ca2ce/gallery/f266665e84394f4faa0171cc284eeb0a https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-tr... ABC News mirror on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AeI6Mv0ALg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AeI6Mv0ALg and their own site: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/home-love-trump-protesters-75094574 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/home-love-trump-protes...

newguy1234 6y ago

Twitter intentionally did it. They benefit from controversy since more people use the platform to tweet about events and go to the platform to read about the events. Gotta get those clicks.

nullc 6y ago

I saved the video, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25668841 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25668841