Posted on 03/14/2020 10:53:18 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The leader of a libertarian-leaning tech group is stepping down as its president after tweeting that it would be “poetic justice” if President Donald Trump died from the coronavirus, the group confirmed Friday.
Berin Szóka, president of Washington-based think tank TechFreedom, will be taking an indefinite sabbatical to write a book on tech policy, as first reported by POLITICO earlier Friday. Shane Tews, a longtime member of the group's board, will lead the organization in his stead.
The move deals a blow to one of the tech industry’s staunchest defenders in Washington, where Szóka has served as its combative and outspoken leader for nearly a decade.
Szóka and TechFreedom, which receives funding from at least one tech giant, Google, have been relentless allies of Silicon Valley, particularly as it has faced calls for increased regulation in Washington in recent years. The group has opposed efforts to create more stringent rules for privacy and online speech, among other issues.
But Szóka has also been a frequent critic of the president, delivering at times scathing rebukes of his actions on social media.
The planned shake-up comes just four days after Szóka prompted a firestorm of criticism online by suggesting that the president succumbing to the virus would be fitting.
“Serious question: could there possibly [sic] any greater poetic justice in the universe than for Trump to die of the #CPACvirus?” Szóka tweeted late Monday.
Recent reports that an attendee at the Conservative Political Action Conference was later diagnosed with Covid-19 sparked fears that the president may have been exposed to the virus. Reps. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) had contact with the president as well before entering self-quarantine due to possible exposure.
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Mr. Szóka, ESAD!
This kind of thing convinces me that TDS is a real mental illness. How many people have stupidly shot themselves in the foot like this lately?
TDS boomerang effect. The jerk deserves a triple dose of the returning ’benefits’.
These people never learn,
That which you hate lives rent free in your mind,
That which you fear commands you.
LOL! Guess he didn’t ‘think’ that through very well, did he?
He’s stepping down as president.
Doesn’t say he’s out of employment.
Why do people use social media!?!?!?
STFU!!
Though it does out many hateful leftists :)
I can say something stupid here and ask the mods to delete and it is REALLY deleted. Plus it’s an anonymous board.
WHY would I let the whole world know what I’m thinking at a given moment in time? A thought that will be etched for good?
Cause once someone grabs what you tweeted, you can’t take it back.
That being said, #### this guy and that he wishes the president to be dead should warrant opening a file on him.
Typical behavior of a TDS suffer. These pathetic loony losers need extensive treatment in closed ward mental hospitals. After that, they should be exiled...just to be sure.
An organ they presumably need unlike shooting themselves in the head something they haven't used in a long long time - evidently.
And a cretin such as this actually had followers who considered him intelligent.
the absolute nearly seething hatred that people have for this president seems to be almost demonically driven
This president has done more for this country than any previous presidents put together practically, and he’s definitely done more for all ethnicity- proving that he isn’t i n any way racist- but the left are demonically driven to keep insisting that he is racist and should be loathed with extreme prejudice at all times-
I realize that the left do this to ALL republican presidents- and they do it nearly as viciously as they have to Trump in some cases- but really- these last few years- their viciousness has really ramped up as they now know that the public will tolerate such vile nastiness from them- and that they have the full protection of the msm to keep them from being criticized, or even convicted in some cases—
Pity those who choose to go through life as godless, leftist losers who embrace darkness over light. Sux to be one of them.
Strong gaydar there with that one!
for the head of a "Think Tank", it doesn't think that well...
Google funded tech Lobbyist----Berin Szoka, threatened Pres Trump.
Tech Freedom---110 Maryland Ave NE Suite #205----Washington, DC 20002.
Please direct all media inquiries to media@techfreedom.org.
He has more than a passing resemblance to PeeWee Herman...
(”I know you are but what am I?!” Lol
The left does this because their ideas do not work. As a result, rather than debating them, they resort to ad hominem attacks. They are consumed with their lust for power.
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