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Twitter co-founder: I’m sorry if we made Trump’s presidency possible
The Washington Post ^ | 05/21/2017 | Avi Selk

Posted on 05/22/2017 12:16:08 PM PDT by Trump20162020

If anyone knows how important Twitter is to Donald Trump, it's the president.

“Without the tweets, I wouldn't be here,” he told the Financial Times last month.

To which Twitter's co-founder says: Sorry about that, world.

“I thought once everybody could speak freely and exchange information and ideas, the world is automatically going to be a better place,” Evan Williams told the Times. “I was wrong about that.”

“If it’s true that he wouldn’t be president if it weren’t for Twitter, then yeah, I’m sorry,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: apology; donaldtrump; evanwilliams; handwringers; newmedia; trump; trump2016; twitter
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1 posted on 05/22/2017 12:16:08 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

Twitter hasn’t allowed people to speak freely for years.

What kind shit is this baizuo smoking?


2 posted on 05/22/2017 12:18:12 PM PDT by CriticalJ (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
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To: Trump20162020
The elite lying mediots, who control the NY Slimes, ABCNNBCBS, Faux, WSJ, Compost, and LaRaza Slimes fail to realize: President Trump does not need them to speak to his 62+ million voters/us.

He Tweets us, sends his contributors emails and controls the White House digital system. He bypasses the left wing mediots, when he communicates directly with us.

Again, neither President Trump, nor his 62+ million voters need nor do we want the NY Slimes, BBC, ABCNNBCBS, Faux, the LaRaza/LA Slimes, WSJ, Compost, and LaRaza Times trying to tell us what our president is telling us. We know without their twisting and word games.

We don’t need the “old gotcha” press conferences. With the whining and lying liberal mediots attacking our president. We are tired of the mediots lying and telling us what to believe and how to vote! Ban them from the White House. Trump’s comments and statements are for his voters. We don’t need lying liberal mediots to tell us what he says to us. There is zero filtering, adjusting and lying to us when Trump talks to us directly!

Official Washington is being traumatized by the tweets of Donald Trump.

Trump speaking directly to the people via Twitter or the Whitehouse.com is causing a crisis among mediots, politicians, Never Trumpsters and lobbyists. They just don't know how to handle “Trump’s Twitter feed which traumatizes Washington and his enemies.


3 posted on 05/22/2017 12:19:22 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (120+ days without Hilliarly/Huma as POTUS! Thanks, President Trump for this great reality gift!)
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To: Trump20162020

Oh, Boo freakin’ Hoo!

Your silly little program didn’t do a damned thing!

Pelosi, Reid, Hillary and Obama got Trump elected!..............


4 posted on 05/22/2017 12:19:33 PM PDT by Red Badger (Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
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To: Trump20162020
"If it’s true that he wouldn’t be president if it weren’t for Twitter, then yeah, I’m sorry,” he said.

Dude...get over yourself. Sheesh.

5 posted on 05/22/2017 12:22:56 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Trump20162020

Sorry? At least Adm. Boorda had the decency to commit suicide.


6 posted on 05/22/2017 12:24:29 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

With brilliance like this running the company, is it any wonder they’re losing millions ??


7 posted on 05/22/2017 12:25:17 PM PDT by RightWingNut
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To: Trump20162020

I'm sooooo sowwwwy.....*sniff*

8 posted on 05/22/2017 12:25:47 PM PDT by simpson96
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“I thought once everybody could speak freely and exchange information and ideas, the world is automatically going to be a better place."

Your were right. It is.

9 posted on 05/22/2017 12:28:21 PM PDT by cpdiii ( Deckhand, Roughneck, Mud Man, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist. CONSTITUTUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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Right-that freedom of speech thingy is the bomb! :)


10 posted on 05/22/2017 12:29:52 PM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: Trump20162020
From the billionaire's Wiki page:

"After the election of Donald Trump, Evan Williams told the Associated Press that he no longer believes in Internet free speech"

11 posted on 05/22/2017 12:35:38 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: CriticalJ

Glad I sold my twitter stock—they could go pound!


12 posted on 05/22/2017 12:38:27 PM PDT by bantam
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To: Trump20162020

It appears to me that without Pres. Trump using Twitter they might have gone belly up.


13 posted on 05/22/2017 12:41:37 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: CriticalJ

Maybe Evan should have cofounded a business that doesn’t still bleed red ink after 10 years. Maybe he should hire the Trump sons as business consultant.


14 posted on 05/22/2017 12:42:22 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not tired of Winning)
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To: Trump20162020

Washington Post, go pound salt and take twitter with you.


15 posted on 05/22/2017 12:44:32 PM PDT by ZULU (DUMP THAT POS PAUL RYAN!! HE KILLED OBAMACARE REPEAL AND WILL KILL TAX REFORM!!)
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To: Trump20162020

With the number 1 twitter salesman on the planet, twitter still manages to lose money. It takes a special type of stupid for that accomplishment.


16 posted on 05/22/2017 12:45:30 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: Trump20162020

You would be much sorrier if Hillary had been elected. If you do not believe that you are one very stupid person.


17 posted on 05/22/2017 12:48:27 PM PDT by mulligan
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To: CriticalJ
Ahem, twit-er is lefty lala land .... Good riddance to bad trash ...
18 posted on 05/22/2017 12:50:16 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Taglines now subject to management approval ...)
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To: Trump20162020

Twitter gets and is claiming entirely too much credit here. Trump was such a unique candidate and personality that he could have garnered probably as much buzz by posting his thoughts on a special section of his Trump for President website. Supporters would have followed, as well as the media, and whatever he said would have rippled throughout the media just as it did via Twitter.

Screw this sanctimonious Twitter character.

No other candidate chose to communicate via the internet to the extent Trump did.


19 posted on 05/22/2017 1:04:41 PM PDT by Will88
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To: Trump20162020

This Twitter explosion is much bigger than just Trump.

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SethRich&src=tyah

Take that lib whiner.


20 posted on 05/22/2017 1:07:35 PM PDT by McGruff (The terrorists have elected to receive.)
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