Judge Savages Trump Admin’s Claim That POTUS Twitter Account Is Private

discobot · July 9, 2019, 6:44pm

It’s official: President Trump can no longer block you on Twitter if he doesn’t like your mean tweets.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1234117

isepick · July 9, 2019, 6:49pm

Oh good, now millions of us can tweet #FuckTrump every day and know we will have his attention. Perhaps it will even work well enough that he won’t want to use Twitter any more.

jwbuho · July 9, 2019, 6:52pm

There are days when I don’t think he has his own attention. But I do take your larger point.

atldrew · July 9, 2019, 6:53pm

Sad! Disgrace! Unfair!

#f!cktrump

erik_t · July 9, 2019, 7:00pm

Bad judges, like a dog!

allblues · July 9, 2019, 7:01pm

Welp. I guess the judge has no choice but to order Twitter to shut down Trump’s account while he’s President!

What a shame.

mondfledermaus · July 9, 2019, 7:05pm

Take away his twitter account and he is going to be calling Fox News every five minutes to rant and whine about one thing or another… just what those bastards at Fox and their audience deserve…

not_so_fluffy · July 9, 2019, 7:05pm

What we need next is a ruling on twitter-demands = official presidential edicts from the courts (not the DOJ). Given that it’s pretty clear he doesn’t always write his own tweets (the quasi-lucid stuff). It’s scary to think one of his minions has the password to official Presidential policy demands…

mattinpa · July 9, 2019, 7:06pm

It’s not a private account. It’s not an asteroid or a banana either. So score one for the reality-based community.

emiliano4 · July 9, 2019, 7:07pm

65+% of the country tweeting Truck Fump!!!

caltg · July 9, 2019, 7:07pm

That would be a godsend to us all.

wanderer · July 9, 2019, 7:09pm

Trump’s twitter account will never be disabled by twitter. There is no thing he could do, no rule he could violate that would get them to disable it.

They make too much money off of him.

pike_bishop · July 9, 2019, 7:11pm

allblues · July 9, 2019, 7:12pm

So you’re telling me Twitter would have to go bankrupt and close up shop?

gregor · July 9, 2019, 7:13pm

This is what our beloved country has come to. Even the judges do not respect the office of the Presidency.

steviedee111 · July 9, 2019, 7:18pm

Trump will just have to issue an Executive Order voiding this ruling. He can do that. Barr has a route planned out.

evave2 · July 9, 2019, 7:20pm

I think that is against Twitter’s rules of service. I could be wrong. We could ‘all’ post #FuckTrump but we cannot do it on HIS twitter feed.

If I am wrong, please correct me.

longtimeobserver · July 9, 2019, 7:23pm

Post away! Post for effect! Pour it on!

sandi · July 9, 2019, 7:26pm

I have heard that twitter has been suspending individuals for accusing him of being a rapist. Don’t know if it is true, but perhaps they consider it a violation??

So many jokes could be made of this one. Where’s @irasdad when you need him?

left_in_washington_state · July 9, 2019, 7:29pm

He has already done this several times. I’m not sure if it was Seth Meyers, Colbert or MSNBC who did a beautiful report on Donnie calling in and talking for over an hour on Fox…he started on Spud Hannity and then kept talking about 15 minutes into Laura the Witch’s show. this was after several gentle suggestions that he wrap it up. HIGH-larious.