AOC responds to Elon Musk's poll to reinstate Trump's Twitter, saying the 'last time he was here this platform was used to incite an insurrection'

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Elon Musk issued a Twitter poll asking if Donald Trump's account should be reinstated.

Trump was permanently suspended from the platform following the Capitol insurrection.

AOC issued a reminder about the "last time" Trump was on Twitter, which he "used to incite an insurrection."

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While Elon Musk tinkers with Twitter and teases the possible reinstatement of Donald Trump, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez issued a public reminder of the violent insurrection incited by the former president during his last days on the platform.

Musk, whose takeover of the company has prompted hundreds of employee departures and resignations, issued a poll on Friday asking users whether they want the embattled former president back on the social media platform.

"Idk man, last time he was here this platform was used to incite an insurrection, multiple people died, the Vice President of the United States was nearly assassinated, and hundreds were injured but I guess that's not enough for you to answer the question. Twitter poll it is," Ocasio-Cortez said in a tweeted response.

The New York Democrat added that the House January 6th Committee has "extensively covered how Trump's use of Twitter played a critical role in the violence of that day." She added video footage of former Vice President Mike Pence being escorted to an alternative location within the Capitol as rioters fought police and infiltrated the Capitol.

"Review their extensive work & ask yourself why a billionaire is toying w/ bringing back the person responsible for this," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.

Trump has been permanently suspended from the site since January 8, 2021, following the Capitol siege by Trump supporters.

Some 948 people have been criminally charged in the insurrection, and 450 have pleaded guilty. Several rioters and their attorneys blamed Trump for their involvement, saying the former president "asked us to go to the march on the 6th."

froo on November 19th, 2022 at 21:25 UTC »

Of course Trump is coming back, the poll is just a distraction to make it seem like it’s what the people want.

The only time Twitter has been profitable was 2018 and 2019 when Trump was at his wackiest, but wasn’t getting people killed like in 2020. They made $1.2B and $1.4B respectively in profit.

For those playing along at home, that’s almost enough to service the $1.5B in yearly interest that Musk has to pay on the giant loan he has for the site.

So the financial situation is not great, but could be better so let’s “put it to a public vote” by the guy that has the ability to manipulate said vote and is financially incentivized for the outcome of that vote. It’s definitely not strange that within an hour of putting up the poll that it had 2.5M votes that nearly 70% of those going Trump and as it goes on it’s edging closer to 50:50 with another 10 more million votes in 20 more hours. Doesn’t sound like anyone’s been attacking it with bots early, nope surely not.

Trump is getting reinstated on Twitter, we shouldn’t pretend that we have a choice in the matter, regardless of whether you click yes or no on that poll.

tech57 on November 19th, 2022 at 18:28 UTC »

added that the House January 6th Committee has "extensively covered how Trump's use of Twitter played a critical role in the violence of that day." She added video footage of former Vice President Mike Pence being escorted to an alternative location within the Capitol as rioters fought police and infiltrated the Capitol.

"Review their extensive work & ask yourself why a billionaire is toying w/ bringing back the person responsible for this." - Ocasio-Cortez

Good point.

TintedApostle on November 19th, 2022 at 18:26 UTC »

Understand that Elon is all for free speech that he "approves of" and against all speech "not friendly to him or his friends".