Sen. Lindsey Graham, RS.C., took to Twitter after the social media site announced a ban on President Trump’s personal account, a move the longtime Trump ally called a “serious mistake.”
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“Twitter may ban me for this, but I willingly accept the fate,” Graham tweeted on Saturday. “The Ayatollah can tweet, but Trump can. Say a lot about the people who run Twitter.”
Twitter defended the ban, which followed an attack on the Capitol earlier this week in which five people were killed – including a police officer – and a number of shocked lawmakers who demanded that Trump resign or be arrested.
“After careful review of recent tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context surrounding them – specifically how they are received and interpreted on and off Twitter – we have suspended the account permanently due to the risk of further incitement to violence,” the company said. said. written in a blogpos Friday night.
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The platform temporarily shut down Trump’s account earlier this week – an unprecedented move – after dipping several of his tweets as a contribution to the Capitol siege on Wednesday, while lawmakers held a joint session to vote on the Electoral College to count what the White House handed over to Trump’s Democratic government. challenger Joe Biden.
Graham and numerous other conservative voices on Twitter argued that the social media venture went too far by banning Trump while dictators of murderous regimes could still use the site.
A Twitter spokesperson did not respond to Fox News’ request for comment.
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Graham’s advocacy for Trump’s social media presence comes after he distanced himself from the president on the Senate floor and said “enough is enough.”
Graham at the time was referring to Trump’s rhetoric during a pre – attack demonstration on the Capitol in which the president urged supporters to ‘fight’ for the ‘stolen election’.
Meanwhile, the South Carolina senator faced his own backlash from Trump supporters, who tampered with him at the airport in Washington, DC on Friday, calling him a “traitor” for betraying the president’s loyalty. has.