President Trump Accuses Social Media Firms of Discrimination Against Conservatives

President Trump said that conservative voices were being unfairly censored on social media, hinting that he might intervene if his allies’ accounts continued to be shut down. “Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices,” President Trump wrote on Twitter, saying that “censorship is a very dangerous thing.” “Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration, we won’t let that happen,” he added.

After content from Alex Jones and his website, Infowars, was removed from leading social media platforms, Jones issued a plea to President Trump to block the companies’ actions and “come out before the midterms and make the censorship the big issue.” Jones urged President Trump to “point out that the communist Chinese have penetrated and infiltrated” the American election system and are “way, way worse than the Russians.” Minutes after his tweets on Aug 18about social media, the president — who has long had an affinity for conspiracy theories — appeared to do just that.

“All of the fools that are so focused on looking only at Russia should start also looking in another direction, China,” President Trump wrote. “But in the end, if we are smart, tough and well prepared, we will get along with everyone!