Posted on 09/12/2020 8:06:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump on Saturday once again prompted Twitter and Facebook to each intervene after he posted on their platforms that people should vote by mail and then potentially again in person.
Twitter and Facebook both acted on identical posts made on their platforms by Mr. Trump that encouraged voters in North Carolina to vote twice in the presidential election.
“To make sure your Ballot COUNTS, sign & send it in EARLY. When Polls open, go to your Polling Place to see if it was COUNTED. IF NOT, VOTE!” Mr. Trump posted in part on the platforms.
Twitter added a notice to Mr. Trump’s post, or tweet, saying it violates the company’s rules for civic and election integrity but will remain on the platform with certain restrictions in place.
Users cannot “like” or reply to the tweet, and it can only be shared, or retweeted, if being quoted, according to the restrictions Twitter put in place.
Mr. Trump’s tweet encouraged “people to potentially vote twice,” Twitter explained, adding: “Voting twice is illegal in North Carolina.”
“To protect people on Twitter, we err on the side of limiting the circulation of Tweets which advise people to take actions which could be illegal in the context of voting or result in the invalidation of their votes,” explained Twitter.
Facebook was also letting Mr. Trump’s post remain on its social network, but it placed a notice alongside it telling users that voting by mail “has a long history of trustworthiness.” Users can still comment and share it.
The latest actions Twitter and Facebook each took in response to the president are identical to how they handled a similarly-worded attack on mail-in voting he posted on the platforms Sept. 4.
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Liars. He didn't say vote twice. He said make sure your mail-in vote was counted by election day and if it wasn't make sure your vote is counted.
Trump will deal with Fakebook and Twit after he’s reelected.
They are doing every thing they can to prevent that.
Surprised to see the Times lie like this.
Me too. It’s so unlike them.
Trump is brilliant! He’s such a maestro when it comes to the media narrative, and inserting a narrative.
Media: Trump tells supporters to vote TWICE!
Democrats: We can’t let this happen!
Public discussion: How do we stop people voting twice?!?!?!? And NOW!!!
Republicans: Here’s how to stop voter fraud!
Reality: It isn’t the Republicans who are voting twice...
"go to your Polling Place to see if it was COUNTED. IF NOT, VOTE!"
Employees at Twitter and Facebook need to face the music for election interference.
In the end, President Trump is encouraging everyone to make sure their vote is counted. He did not say you should vote twice.
The press today is a shame.
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You’re correct. Trump simply wants our one vote to count. The Left will implode.
Many states require ballots to be received on the day of the election. You should be able to find out on election day if your vote has been received. That info should be available online or at the precinct where you vote in person. If you find your your mailed vote has not been received, your vote will not count and you should be able to vote in person at the poll.
Sounds like they are scared that someone can vote twice so in effect Trump has exposed how corrupt the system is. They’ve proven his point.
He didn’t say to vote twice. He said if you vote by mail, do it early, and go to your polling place to verify it was counted. If not, vote. You might as well just vote in person. Democrats are making a lot of fear, confusion and uncertainty about how to vote.
What Trump said was if you vote by mail, make sure it got counted and if it didn’t vote in person. That is NOT the same as voting twice.
After is too late. Send in the federal marshalls to shut them down. Facebook and twitter for election interference. Do it by executive order. FDR interred japanese and we are being told we can’t do anything about facebook. If our history teaches us anything it is a president with balls can get away with anything he wants at least for a while. After a few days of shutdown I think they will become much more open minded. If you have to send the CEO’s to guantanamo, during the process, as enemy combatants then do it..
How dare they use our tactics!
Trump trolling the press again...
Who’da thunk it?
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