NEVERTHELESS, TWITTER GAVE HIM
BACK HIS ACCOUNT, AND HE STARTED
USING IT AGAIN.
AND I WILL REMIND YOU -- I KNOW
IT PROBABLY SOUNDS WEIRD TO HEAR
ME TALKING THIS MUCH ABOUT
THINGS THE PRESIDENT TWEETED,
BUT I’LL REMIND YOU THIS IS THE
LAST DAY WE EVER HAVE TO
STRUGGLE WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF HOW BEST TO IGNORE HIS
TWEETS.
AFTER TODAY, IT’S OVER.
BUT I DO ACTUALLY THINK, IN PART
BECAUSE IT’S THE LAST DAY, BUT
SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE WAY
IT ENDED, I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT
ACTUALLY, I THINK IT’S
DEFINITELY INTERESTING,
POTENTIALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT
THE LAST THING THAT HAPPENED
BEFORE THIS ALL CAME TO AN END.
THESE ARE THE LAST TWO POSTS
THAT HE MADE ON TWITTER BEFORE
THAT COMPANY DECIDED TO TAKE
DOWN HIS WHOLE ACCOUNT, GET RID
OF ALL OF HIS TWEETS, AND BAN
HIM FROM THE PLATFORM ENTIRELY
PERMANENTLY.
THESE ARE THE LAST TWO.
THE FIRST ONE SAID THIS.
IT SAID, QUOTE, THE 75 MILLION
GREAT AMERICAN PATRIOTS WHO
VOTED FOR ME, AMERICA FIRST, AND
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN WILL
HAVE A GIANT VOICE LONG INTO THE
FUTURE.
THEY WILL NOT BE DISRESPECTED OR
TREATED UNFAIRLY IN ANY WAY,
SHAPE, OR FORM.
HE TWEETED THAT.
AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, HE
TWEETED THIS.
TO ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE ASKED,
I WILL NOT BE GOING TO THE
INAUGURATION ON JANUARY 20th.
NOW, I THINK THIS IS
INTERESTING.
LOOK AT HOW THE COMPANY,
TWITTER, EXPLAINS TONIGHT WHY
THOSE TWO LAST TWEETS WERE
ENOUGH TO FINALLY TRIGGER A
LIFETIME BAN ON THIS PLATFORM
FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THIS IS ACTUALLY FASCINATING TO
ME.
HERE’S WHAT THEY SAY.
AFTER CLOSE REVIEW OF RECENT
TWEETS FROM THE @REAL DONALD
TRUMP ACCOUNT AND THE CONTEXT
AROUND THEM, SPECIFICALLY HOW
THEY’RE BEING RECEIVED AND
INTERPRETED ON AND OFF TWITTER,
WE HAVE PERMANENTLY SUSPENDED
THE ACCOUNT DUE TO THE RISK OF
FURTHER INCITEMENT OF VIOLENCE.
THESE TWO TWEETS MUST BE READ IN
THE CONTEXT OF BROADER EVENTS IN
THE COUNTRY THAN THE WAYS THE
PRESIDENT’S STATEMENTS CAN BE
MOBILIZED BY DIFFERENT
AUDIENCES, INCLUDING TO INCITE
VIOLENCE AS WELL AS IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE PATTERN OF
BEHAVIOR FROM THIS ACCOUNT IN
RECENT WEEKS.
WE ASSESSED THESE TWO TWEETS
UNDER OUR GLORIFICATION OF
VIOLENCE POLICY, WHICH AIMS TO
PREVENT THE GLORIFICATION OF
VIOLENCE THAT COULD INSPIRE
OTHERS TO REPLICATE VIOLENT
ACTS, AND WE DETERMINED THAT
THESE TWEETS WERE HIGHLY LIKELY
TO ENCOURAGE AND INSPIRE PEOPLE
TO REPLICATE THE CRIMINAL ACTS
THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE U.S.
CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6th.
THIS DETERMINATION IS BASED ON A
NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S STATEMENT THAT
HE WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE
INAUGURATION.
THAT IS BEING RECEIVED BY A
NUMBER OF HIS SUPPORTERS AS
FURTHER CONFIRMATION THAT THE
ELECTION WAS NOT LEGITIMATE AND
IS SEEN AS HIM DISAVOWING HIS
PREVIOUS CLAIM THAT THERE WOULD
BE AN ORDERLY TRANSITION ON
JANUARY 20th.
THE PRESIDENT’S SECOND TWEET MAY
ALSO SERVE AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO
THOSE POTENTIALLY CONSIDERING
VIOLENT ACTS THAT THE
INAUGURATION WOULD BE A SAFE
TARGET AS HE WILL NOT BE
ATTENDING.
NOW, ON THAT POINT, I HAVE TO
SAY I HAD NOT BEEN THINKING
ABOUT IT IN THOSE TERMS AT ALL.
MAYBE I’M NOT WIRED THAT WAY.
BUT IT’S TRUE, RIGHT?
THERE’S THE PRESIDENT
SIMULTANEOUSLY STOKING MORE OF
THE GRIEVANCE, POTENTIALLY MORE
OF THE VIOLENCE FROM THE SAME
ARMY OF SUPPORTERS WHO JUST
ATTACKED THE CAPITOL.
AND THIN IN A LINKED MESSAGE, HE
ASSURES THEM HE’S NOT GOING TO
BE AT THE INAUGURATION JUST IN
CASE THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW,
MAKE THEMSELVES KNOWN THERE.
THERE’S A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE.
LOOK.
AGAIN, THIS IS TWITTER
EXPLAINING WHY THE PRESIDENT IS
PERMANENTLY BANNED FROM THAT
PLATFORM FOREVER NOW, SPELLING
OUT WHY HIS FINAL TWO TWEETS
WERE DETERMINED BY THE COMPANY
TO VIOLATE THEIR GLORIFICATION
OF VIOLENCE POLICY.
THEY SAY, QUOTE, THE USE OF THE
WORDS "AMERICAN PATRIOTS" TO
DESCRIBE SOME OF HIS SUPPORTERS
IS ALSO BEING INTERPRETED AS
SUPPORT FOR THOSE COMMITTING
VIOLENT ACTS AT THE U.S.
CAPITOL.
THE MENTION OF HIS SUPPORTERS
HAVING A GIANT VOICE LONG INTO
THE FUTURE AND THAT THEY WILL
NOT BE DISRESPECTED OR TREATED
UNFAIRLY IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR
FORM IS BEING INTERPRETED AS
FURTHER INDICATION THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES NOT PLAN TO
FACILITATE AN ORDERLY TRANSITION
AND INSTEAD HE PLANS TO CONTINUE
TO SUPPORT, EMPOWER, AND SHIELD
THOSE WHO BELIEVE HE WON THE
ELECTION.
PLANS FOR FUTURE ARMED PROTESTS
HAVE ALREADY BEGUN PROLIFERATING
ON AND OFF TWITTER, INCLUDING A
PROPOSED SECONDARY ATTACK ON THE
U.S. CAPITOL AND STATE CAPITOL
BUILDINGS ON JANUARY 17th, 2021.
AS SUCH, OUR DETERMINATION IS
THAT THE TWO TWEETS ABOVE ARE
LIKELY TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO
REPLICATE THE VIOLENT ACTS THAT
TOOK PLACE ON JANUARY 6th AND
THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE
INDICATORS THAT THEY ARE BEING
RECEIVED AND UNDERSTOOD AS