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riversedge

(70,242 posts) Thu Jul 11, 2019, 04:56 PM Jul 2019

Some tweets from Trumps so-called Social media summit.............

Trump is mostly whinning, complaining and crying.

Link to tweet

.@realDonaldTrump opens his #SocialMediaSummit remarks by bragging about the Dow. "I view it as jobs and 401(k)s," he says.

Link to tweet

Andrew Feinberg Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
34m34 minutes ago

"A lot of people are happy...really everybody is happy, some people just aren't willing to admit it."
2 replies 1 retweet 14 likes

Trump calls his guests "journalists" who are "challenging the media gatekeepers."
3 replies 7 retweets 23 likes

Andrew Feinberg
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34m34 minutes ago

"You communicate directly with our citizens without having to go through the fake news filter," he says.
4 replies 0 retweets 19 likes

Andrew Feinberg Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
30m30 minutes ago

.@realDonaldTrump now bragging about how @HillaryClinton had a large professional social media team while he only had @Scavino45. He's now talking about how his campaign uses material from the assembled trolls and meme makers.
3 replies 13 retweets 24 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
29m29 minutes ago

"Some of you are extraordinary, the crap you think of is unbelievable."
2 replies 3 retweets 23 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
29m29 minutes ago

He's now attacking the courts for ruling against him on the census.
2 replies 3 retweets 23 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
29m29 minutes ago

"The only thing we can't ask is 'are you a citizen of the United States?' Isn't it a crazy thing?"
1 reply 0 retweets 17 likes
Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
27m27 minutes ago

He's now introducing members of Congress in attendance, including @MarshaBlackburn, who has repeatedly lied about being "censored" by Twitter (a campaign ad she wanted to place violated their terms of service).
1 reply 8 retweets 40 likes
Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
21m21 minutes ago

Also in attendance are @GOPLeader, @RepLizCheney & @RepMattGaetz, who've also lied about social media "censorship." Gaetz actually used Twitter to threaten Michael Cohen and is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for it.

5 replies 19 retweets 63 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
21m21 minutes ago

Now he's introducing @HawleyMO, who says "the fake media" lies by saying there's no censorship.

"If they want to keep their special deal...they need to quit discriminating against conservatives," he says.
1 reply 1 retweet 17 likes
Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
21m21 minutes ago

"I dont think it's too much to ask for these hugh tech platforms...they shouldn't discriminate, they shouldn't censor, they shouldn't shut us down."
1 reply 2 retweets 16 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
21m21 minutes ago

.@realDonaldTrump calls Hawley's 230 reform bill "very important legislation," and begins lying about Twitter preventing folks from following him.

He's saying the fact that he's not getting new followers as fast is evidence that Twitter is actively keeping people from following.
2 replies 9 retweets 16 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
21m21 minutes ago

He's also saying that the lower engagement his tweets get is evidence of deliberate actions by Twitter, as if he is entitled to engagement and there's no way people would get sick of his tweeting after years of it.
3 replies 11 retweets 46 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg

"It used to be like a rocket ship when I put out a beauty," he says.
3:07 PM - 11 Jul 2019
4 replies 1 retweet 20 likes

Andrew Feinberg ‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
21m21 minutes ago

"I turned out to be right" about "spying," he says (FACT CHECK: WRONG).

2 replies 9 retweets 51 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
19m19 minutes ago

"I've never seen it before when it's subtracted," he says, implying Twitter is deliberately lowering his follower count. FACT: Twitter removes bots and fake/inauthentic accounts.

Now he's accusing Democrats of having fake followers.

"They're playing games," he says.
4 replies 12 retweets 37 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
18m18 minutes ago

Now @realDonaldTrump is defending @realJamesWoods, who Twitter made delete tweets because they violated their terms of service.

He's also bragging about how he declared that the US would recognize Israel's control over the Golan Heights with a tweet.
2 replies 8 retweets 23 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
17m17 minutes ago

"I call Twitter a typewriter, that's what I call it," he says.

He's also accusing @CNN of not reporting on his tweets (FACT CHECK: Not True)

4 replies 2 retweets 43 likes

Andrew Feinberg
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16m16 minutes ago

"I'm actually a good speller," he says. (FACT CHECK: "covfefe&quot

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6 replies 9 retweets 81 likes

He's now calling @MSNBC "stone cold crazy."

"They don't like me too much," he says before bragging about "The Apprentice" and how @Schwarzenegger's version did poorly.
2 replies 5 retweets 37 likes

Andrew Feinberg
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13m13 minutes ago

"With amazing creativity and determination you're bypassing the corrupt establishment and the corrupt media," he says before lying about how TV networks turn off cameras during his speeches.

5 replies 4 retweets 31 likes

Andrew Feinberg
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13m13 minutes ago

"Thank you for what you're doing on behalf ot eh nation," he says, telling attendees they are "getting the truth out." (FACT CHECK: these people routinely spread lies and disinformation).

3 replies 17 retweets 54 likes

Andrew Feinberg
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12m12 minutes ago

He's accusing media of not covering his "kidney has a special place in the heart" and other stories because he's a conservative. (FACT CHECK: False).

3 replies 5 retweets 52 likes

Andrew Feinberg
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11m11 minutes ago

"I used to get the greatest press...until I got elected," he says. (FACT CHECK: He often pretended to be his own publicist and lied to reporters personally)

"We're getting the word out, and we're getting it out in a different way," he says.
3 replies 16 retweets 63 likes

Andrew Feinberg Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
9m9 minutes ago

After recognizing @DiamondandSilk he says "when historians look back" they will consider today's summit very important.

Adds that he's going to call a meeting with major social media platforms.

3 replies 0 retweets 18 likes

Andrew Feinberg Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
9m9 minutes ago

"Remember, we won, we have a bigger voice than everybody but we don't get covered fairly," he says.

"I want fair press," he adds. (FACT CHECK: when he says "fair" he means sycophantic).

2 replies 7 retweets 64 likes

Andrew Feinberg
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8m8 minutes ago

He's now repeating his usual lie about how the military was "not a good situation" when he became President.
3 replies 6 retweets 30 likes

Andrew Feinberg Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
3m3 minutes ago

"Our country is really powerful and really strong, never been like this."
1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
3m3 minutes ago

"We have terrible bias...we have censorship like nobody would believe," he says, before recognizing selectively edited video distributor @JamesOKeefeIII (whose organization tried conning the @washingtonpost into publishing a made up accusation against Roy Moore)
1 reply 5 retweets 10 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
3m3 minutes ago

"They're playing with a lot of minds and they're playing unfairly."

"They should really be liking our side," he adds.

Says he hopes there will never be candidates like 2020 Democrats again because they want "communism."
2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
3m3 minutes ago

He's now bragging about crowd size. "We have enthusiasm that's far greater than the left."

He's invoking his July 4th event as evidence of the level of support for him despite the fact that the White House insisted it was a nonpartisan event.
2 replies 3 retweets 16 likes
Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
3m3 minutes ago

"The election coming up...is the most important election of our times...it is going to go one way or it is going to go in the direction of Venezuela," he says.
2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
2m2 minutes ago

"They want open borders, they want people to pour in, including criminals," he says. (FACT CHECK: This is a LIE).
1 reply 5 retweets 25 likes
Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
1m1 minute ago

"The basic blocking of what they want to get out...the fact that they don't let them join...theres no doubt in my mind that I should have millions and millions...I know that they've been blocked."
1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
Andrew Feinberg
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1m1 minute ago

"They make it absolutely impossible and we're not going to let it happen," he says (FACT CHECK: LIE).
2 replies 2 retweets 6 likes
Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
19s19 seconds ago

"I want everyone to do well, but they've gotta treat us fairly," he says (now speaking about trade).
0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes

End of conversation

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
33m33 minutes ago

.@realDonaldTrump now bragging about how @HillaryClinton had a large professional social media team while he only had @Scavino45. He's now talking about how his campaign uses material from the assembled trolls and meme makers.
3 replies 13 retweets 27 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
32m32 minutes ago

"Some of you are extraordinary, the crap you think of is unbelievable."
4 replies 3 retweets 25 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
32m32 minutes ago

He's now attacking the courts for ruling against him on the census.
2 replies 3 retweets 26 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
32m32 minutes ago

"The only thing we can't ask is 'are you a citizen of the United States?' Isn't it a crazy thing?"
1 reply 0 retweets 18 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
30m30 minutes ago

He's now introducing members of Congress in attendance, including @MarshaBlackburn, who has repeatedly lied about being "censored" by Twitter (a campaign ad she wanted to place violated their terms of service)

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1 reply 13 retweets 46 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
24m24 minutes ago

Also in attendance are @GOPLeader, @RepLizCheney & @RepMattGaetz, who've also lied about social media "censorship." Gaetz actually used Twitter to threaten Michael Cohen and is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for it.

5 replies 29 retweets 78 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
24m24 minutes ago

Now he's introducing @HawleyMO, who says "the fake media" lies by saying there's no censorship.

"If they want to keep their special deal...they need to quit discriminating against conservatives," he says.
1 reply 1 retweet 18 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
24m24 minutes ago

"I dont think it's too much to ask for these hugh tech platforms...they shouldn't discriminate, they shouldn't censor, they shouldn't shut us down."
1 reply 2 retweets 16 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
24m24 minutes ago

.@realDonaldTrump calls Hawley's 230 reform bill "very important legislation," and begins lying about Twitter preventing folks from following him.

He's saying the fact that he's not getting new followers as fast is evidence that Twitter is actively keeping people from following.

2 replies 12 retweets 17 likes

Andrew Feinberg
‏Verified account @AndrewFeinberg
24m24 minutes ago

He's also saying that the lower engagement his tweets get is evidence of deliberate actions by Twitter, as if he is entitled to engagement and there's no way people would get sick of his tweeting after years of it.