Head of Church of England calls for Trump to delete retweeted videos

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

The leader of the Church of England, the archbishop of Canterbury, on Wednesday called on President Trump to remove from his Twitter account videos allegedly showing acts of violence committed by Muslims, which Trump retweeted from an ultranationalist U.K. leader.

"It is deeply disturbing that the President of the United States has chosen to amplify the voice of far-right extremists. Britain First seeks to divide communities and intimidate minorities, especially our Muslim friends and neighbors," Justin Welby said in a statement on Facebook.

"Britain First does not share our values of tolerance and solidarity. God calls us as Christians to love our neighbor and seek the flourishing of all in our communities, societies and nations. I join the urgent call of faith groups and others for President Trump not just to remove these tweets, but to make clear his opposition to racism and hatred in all forms," Welby continued.

Welby also serves as head of the Anglican Communion, which encompasses churches in the United States.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/362377-head-of-the-church-of-england-calls-for-trump-to-remove

[dalton99a]

1. NEXT: Donald Trump Calls Archbishop's Criticism 'Disgraceful'

[Angry Dragon]

2. I believe it is against the law for Trump to delete anything

[demmiblue]

3. He has deleted tweets several times. n/t

[Angry Dragon]

4. I have heard that before............still breaking the law

[uppityperson]

6. Maybe from the official potus twitter account, but ok from his personal one

[Angry Dragon]

9. okay.......then there is no need to do any reporting on his personal account

[LanternWaste]

12. Don't conflate what's relevant and newsworthy with what's legal.

Don't conflate what's relevant and newsworthy with what's legal.

It's indicative of lazy thinking designed not to learn, but merely to save face in the face of one's own logical fallacies.

[Angry Dragon]

14. I see no reason to report what is being tweeted by a deranged individual on his private account

Just cover what is tweeted by this same deranged individual on his government account

[riversedge]

15. But it is more complicated because Trump uses his personal account to set US politices, for example

Look how he set policy for immigration and his policy about transgenders serving in the military as just 2 examples. All through his private account --@realdonaldtrump.

[Angry Dragon]

16. Then all tweets on his personal account have to be preserved

can't have it both ways

[riversedge]

18. I would assume that. But even if Trump deletes them, twitter preserves them.

[uppityperson]

5. It's not illegal. Here's one site with deleted trump tweets

https://factba.se/topic/deleted-tweets

[Angry Dragon]

7. I thought that ALL presidential papers had to be preserved??

because they belong to the people

[riversedge]

17. @realDonaldTrump is most stressed talking God & least stressed talking @nytimes & infrastructure

I clicked on your link and then accidentally clicked onto something-???. But anyway this showed up.
I had not see your link before and need to figure it out.

Link to tweet

Factba.se‏ @FactbaseFeed

1.6M+ words reveal: @realDonaldTrump is most stressed talking God & least stressed talking @nytimes & infrastructure

[Historic NY]

8. A fake video by a fake president.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. Church of England is a fake church, Trump knows that.

Since he was raised Presbyterian.

All the others are fake. Except evangelical christians, because they vote for him.

[onetexan]

11. Misleading title - The head of the Church of England is the Queen, not the Bishop of Canterbury

he is a leader of the church, but the queen technically is the head.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Nah - she is not the "head"

Her technical title is "Supreme Governor", and everyone accepts the ABC is the head. If it had turned out to be the queen described as "head", that really would have misled people.