I’m astonished by how little people are talking about the bombs, the guns, the guy in the chambers with zip ties, the chants to hang Pence and what would have happened if they got to the legislators. This wasn’t a mob. These were people hungry for blood.
— A. H. (@a_h_reaume) January 9, 2021
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Twitter is not a Public Forum. The protections of the 1st Amendment do not extend to it. And even if they did, words that incite imminent lawless action are not protected by the Constitution
— phil (@philipjonathn) January 9, 2021
The enforcement of Twitter's TOS is not censorship when their rules have been broken. https://t.co/fp6qOQfTTn
— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) January 9, 2021
The fact that the President is crying out that his First Amendment right is being violated as a result of his account being suspended on Twitter makes one thing very clear that many already knew—Donald Trump does not understand constitutional law.
— Cooper Hefner (@cooperhefner) January 9, 2021
Anyone against Trump & his enablers being held accountable for inciting #CapitolRiots are part of the problem. Twitter & other forms of social media have a right to enforce their rules. The suspension is not cancel culture or violation of the 1st amendment, it's accountability.
— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) January 9, 2021
There’s only one slight difference: Twitter is not a nation-state, and Jack Dorsey is not a head of state. pic.twitter.com/Eho7wN8yCY
— Alexander Nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) January 9, 2021
To the folks who believe that #1984IsHere:
— Matt (@nosoupforgeorge) January 9, 2021
1) Read the book.
2) Twitter is not the government.
3) Donald Trump can issue statements on his website, by press conference, or however his 44 predecessors addressed the American people before Twitter existed.
Twitter is not a country. Jack Dorsey is not a president. This is not a First Amendment issue.
— Brett Meiselas (@BMeiselas) January 9, 2021
The First Amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, & the right to petition the government for redress. It prohibits gov’t restrictions on speech based on the viewpoint of that speech. Twitter is not the government. This is not a First Amendment violation.
— Nora Benavidez (@AttorneyNora) January 9, 2021
No, morons, Twitter is not 'picking and choosing' who can use its site.
— A.J. Delgado (@AJDelgado13) January 9, 2021
The site *IS* open to anyone who wishes to open an account and has an email address.
However, if you engage in offensive or dangerous behavior, your ass gets bounced OUT.
What part do you not understand?
1) Twitter is not the government.
— kels (@LadyLovesTaft) January 9, 2021
2) Americans do not have unlimited free speech. It’s why you can’t falsely yell “Fire” in a crowded theater.
3) The President was not banned for his opinions. This was not an issue of open discourse. He was banned for inciting violence.
Twitter is not the government.
— DeMarcus Gilliard (@semperdiced) January 9, 2021
Think of Twitter as a bakery with the right to refuse service. https://t.co/OKr5hKTNKP
If you try to launch a violent revolution and your account gets banned, Twitter is not the fascist in the equation, you are.
— RD Hale (@RDHale_) January 9, 2021
By the way, Twitter is not some kind of fundamental human right.
— David Hundeyin (@DavidHundeyin) January 9, 2021
It's a private for-profit corporation located at 1355, Market Street, San Francisco, California.
If you dislike it, do what Andrew Torba did and build your own. Nothing here is by compulsion.
Twitter is not the same without President Trump.
— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) January 9, 2021
Trump supporters
— William Buecker (@wcbuecker) January 9, 2021
Twitter is not an airport
There is no need to announce your departures
twitter is not your career
— Gurnoor (@heygurnoor) January 9, 2021
Twitter is not the government. Therefore, it’s not denying anyone their 1st Amendment rights. You can verify facts before you tweet, you know. pic.twitter.com/uAc0j2UOsG
— Ana Ryan (@MissAnaTX) January 9, 2021
For everyone that starts up with the censorship/1st Amendment defense:
— Larry R. Butterfas (@TheButterfas) January 9, 2021
1. That only applies to government restricting you
2. Twitter is not government, it is private
3. You agree to terms to be here. Don’t agree? Buh-bye
4. If you don’t like it, request a refund!!!!#ONEV1
He’s not silenced. He can talk to the media, post on his website, give press conferences, etc. But he can’t continue to violate Twitter’s terms. Twitter is not the government.
— Georgia Blue 🇺🇸🌊 (@TGalore2) January 9, 2021
It is. A press release works. A press conference. You don't have the right to incite violence or the right to scream FIRE in a crowded theater. Twitter is not a right, it's a privilege that requires you to follow its terms of service. How hard is that?
— liberalgoddess 81 is greater than 74 Ουράνια (@liberalgoddess) January 9, 2021
1st amendment rights pertain to the government dealing with speech. Twitter is NOT the government, but a private entity. Trump uses Twitter to spread lies and they finally de-platformed him.
— Jen Cannon (@JollyMonStThom1) January 9, 2021
So when people get their accounts banned for breaking the terms it's good but when the President does Twitter is a target. Just cause he's the president doesn't mean he has any special power to break the terms of service. Twitter is not the bad guy here.
— HK_Xexen24 (@xexen24) January 9, 2021
In China, Twitter is banned.
— Simon Lester (@snlester) January 9, 2021
In the US, Twitter is not banned, and has the freedom to run its service the way it wants.
Kind of a big difference. https://t.co/C9M2hcEAfj
I protect you from the government. Twitter is not the government. Therefore, I don’t protect you from Twitter. pic.twitter.com/P908Az9meo
— The First Amendment (@USConst_Amend_I) January 6, 2021
let’s be very clear that trump being permanently banned from twitter is *not* censorship.
— David Farrier (@davidfarrier) January 9, 2021
it’s sanity.
trump isn’t censored being as he has a million options available to him when he wants to talk… and he‘ll be given them. he’s not vanishing — as much as we want him to.
"Disinformation…lies can have deadly consequences and it is the job of leadership to check them, not Twitter," says @ChrisCuomo on those who've supported Pres. Trump's lies and incitement.
— Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) January 9, 2021
"Twitter is not the natural check to the presidency, you people are! Do your damn jobs" pic.twitter.com/gzo7sKmWk4
Oh god, there are going to be so many awful “The illiberal left…” takes, aren’t there?
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 8, 2021
Twitter is not “left.” Dorsey is not “left.” Trump is just a violent embarrassment who uses this platform to literally get people killed.
In permanently suspending Trump's account (and his 88.7 Million followers) Twitter has deprived Trump of a major avenue for monetizing the presidency after he leaves office. Those howls of rage you hear coming from the White House are about $$$, not free speech.
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) January 8, 2021
Twitter is not about free speech, it's a private company provide a forum with their own rules, so anyways, Twitter is not about free speech. Trump was also moneytizing his refusal to concede, I thought, now I wonder if he was also… sincere?!
— JMB_QC (@JmbQc) January 9, 2021
FYI: Twitter is not a government.
— Edgar Orwell Poe (@poedoepie) January 8, 2021
OMG, your folk were chanting "hang Pence" and broke into the *Capitol* endangering police, congress & the VP. COME ON. "Civil War" proponents are divisive. Not having #consequences for such is far riskier for further division.
— Julie Hoko (@Daisymusebug) January 9, 2021
This is the absolute truth. In other tapes 'Hang Pence' was repeated over and over and they were also searching for Speaker Pelosi. Are we so naive to think they were only there to disrupt a vote? They were enraged and had become animals. They were out for blood.
— Kare 🇨🇦🇩🇰 (@carpediemer52) January 9, 2021
@HowardKurtz just said “one person was supposedly saying ‘Hang Pence’ “ and that Twitter should not let that phrase trend.
— 2112togo (@TGristedes) January 9, 2021
I heard hundreds screaming it.🤷♂️
So another intellectually dishonest conservative who has sold his soul. Add him to the list.
Unity & healing doesn’t happen with seditious traitors who prop up lies & conspiracies who fueled their supporters to erect a gallows & noose & chat ‘hang Pence!’ while wearing Trump flags & Auschwitz hoodies.
— 100%thatBetch wearing a mask (@itagain2day) January 9, 2021
*snicker* he is calling what happened on Wednesday "a riot".
— sannl (@sannl04) January 9, 2021
Destruction – Riot. Deaths – could be a riot, maybe worse. Trying to hunt down the V P and other targeted leaders of congress while screaming "Hang Pence", guns, bombs, and gallows set up = Siege & sedition.
.@marcorubio looks so ludicrously small behind that desk. He is a demagogue whose silent complicity for four years has brought us to this moment of national humiliation. https://t.co/37w4iFBq4K
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) January 9, 2021
That was the MAGA master plan: Lower the Capitol Hill defenses, ‘patriots’ would invade and hang Pence along with Congressional leaders, then Rump would declare martial law and be dictator forever. Pence now knows this, and he is proving his deep commitment to cowardice. https://t.co/MpOZn6DPXb
— Spirit of 2021 (@damspahn) January 8, 2021
Read this article; it's chilling: Reuters photographer says pro-Trump rioters wanted to hang Pence – https://t.co/BwlcNuOWMP
— BeachPretzel (@BeachPretzel2) January 9, 2021
let's not forget they were reportedly chanting "hang pence" and"where are the senators?" And then there's this: pic.twitter.com/2UJRdOgh8b
— WriteOn (@writteon) January 8, 2021
WOW: Was there a plan to take hostages? This man is carrying police-style zip-tie handcuffs. And mace(?) pic.twitter.com/np3i1pUc6n
— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) January 7, 2021
Somebody planned it, procured the materials, took them to the site, and built it. In light of the fact that there is a digital trail of a plan to hang Pence and video of the crowd chanting "Hang Pence", I think we are looking at a very good case for conspiracy to murder the VP.
— 𝙼𝚊𝚍 𝚚𝚃 π🤦🏼♀️ (@ToddleMad) January 8, 2021
How were they able to build that?
— Jeff Lengfelder (@JLengfelder) January 8, 2021
The domestic terrorists that Cruz called "patriots" during the rally not only brutally bashed a Capitol police officer's head in killing him… they were planning to HANG PENCE if they found him!
— Pinballs 4 Bruce (@Pinballs4Bruce) January 8, 2021
Cruz fired them up and should be EXPELLED from Congress.
If the crowd around you is yelling “Hang Pence,” wearing pro-Holocaust shirts and waving Confederate flags – bad shit is happening.
— gimme your waffle (@tsjwaffle) January 8, 2021
“Oh, I just wanted to see what was going on in there.” BS. You weren’t just wandering by & struck with curiosity and popped in like Lois Lane.
More on the story here: https://t.co/bgkdJ3V4oL
— Dan Mihalopoulos (@dmihalopoulos) January 8, 2021
Hey Pence, Trump incited his rioters to chant "Hang Pence". This noose was at riots. You still support him, you're a special kind of dumb fucker. pic.twitter.com/hKp6X7sjU2
— Crazed&Confused (@ConfusedCrazed) January 9, 2021
https://twitter.com/battletested5/status/1347972063206715397?s=20
They were chanting “hang pence” https://t.co/aeGtOzcR5P
— SabraStory (@survivenoname) January 9, 2021
Even when Mike Pence supported "conversion therapy" on gay people like me, which can include electrocuting the gay out of someone, I still didn't call for people to "Hang Pence".
— Women SCARE Trump🏳️🌈🏴☠️ (@KylaInTheBurgh) January 9, 2021
Trump supporters are so fucking pathetic. Grow the fuck up. 🖕
The same people who preach "pro life" we're screaming "Hang Pence" 🤔
— Amy Lynn ✡️🍭🌊 (@AmyAThatcher) January 9, 2021
FBI focuses on whether some Capitol rioters intended to harm lawmakers or take hostages https://t.co/z0EgTbRtmM
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 9, 2021
Y'a think?😳
— SPQRGirl (@GirlSpqr) January 9, 2021
Was it the guys with the flexicuffs, the bombs, or the actual plans they posted online to hang Pence that clued them in?
Reuters photographer says pro-Trump rioters wanted to hang Pence – Business Insider https://t.co/0Rdct2uGUG
— Brendan Keefe (@BrendanKeefe) January 9, 2021
They screamed hang pence, brought zip ties and bombs and some of y’all called us RADICAL!? The nerve! Typical republican hypocrisy.
— Your Unhinged Toenail (@enclave2020) January 9, 2021
Remember for two years we thought the worst scandal would be Stormy Daniels or Moscow hotel pee tapes? Maybe even Epstein-like stuff? And now he stripped the Capitol of federal protection while his mob wanted to hang Pence and Pelosi 😡😡😡
— Paul Meek (@PaulMeekPerth) January 9, 2021
I thought so too until my daughter pointed out something that gave me pause. She heard the audio of rioters chanting, “Hang Pence” & then when they stormed the Capitol, yelling, “Where’s Pence?” She said, “Think about it. I bet he’s afraid if he invoked the 25th he’d be killed.”
— Mary A. Lehman She/Her (@MaryLehman_D1) January 9, 2021
I’m astonished by how little people are talking about the bombs, the guns, the guy in the chambers with zip ties, the chants to hang Pence and what would have happened if they got to the legislators. This wasn’t a mob. These were people hungry for blood.
— A. H. (@a_h_reaume) January 9, 2021
They tried to kidnap a governor, they stormed the Capitol building, they brought weapons and bombs, they even wanted to hang Pence.
— thehoch (@hochalicious) January 9, 2021
You think they're all done now? The 20th needs to be done in a heavily secure area and then they need to go after Trump and his enablers BIG TIME! pic.twitter.com/eT3GGmTbB5
