Jack White leaves Twitter after Musk reinstates Trump: 'Shame on you'

[Uncle Joe]

Jack White deactivated his record label, Third Man Records, from Twitter on Sunday, following Elon Musk's reinstatement of Donald Trump's account on the social media platform.

"Shame on you for giving trump and other professional liars the platform you are now in control of, and shame on anyone who does," White wrote in a scathing Instagram post on Sunday. "And shame on you if you think it's no big deal. It is."



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Musk said the decision came after a public poll said Trump should be allowed to return.

"That's not 'free speech' or 'what the poll decided' or whatever nonsense you're claiming it to be; this is straight up you truly to help a fascist have a platform so you can eventually get your tax breaks," White wrote. "I mean, how many more billions do you need that you have to risk democracy itself to obtain it?"

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[dchill]

1. "...how many more billions do you need...?"

Well, his habits are getting expensive!

[Javaman]

4. Enough to cover is fuckup lol

He has to pay his investors and financiers money payments on his loan he took out to cover his fuck up.

He way over paid for Twitter and his ham handed inept handling and running Twitter into the ground, coupled with his erratic emails of conflicting messages to his employees; only shows me he is panicking and is way out of his depth. He knows he fucked up and is screwing the former employees, but he’s too much of a narcissist to very admit he was wrong

[Docreed2003]

2. Just read the full statement on Third Man Records Instagram

Well stated Jack! I'm happy to see him stand for what's right

[keithbvadu2]

3. Didn't Trump say he would not go back to Twitter but stay on his own social media site?

[Skittles]

7. yes...but

the very idea he would be invited back is sickening beyond belief

[wnylib]

9. Also, even if Trump does not directly return to Twitter,

his followers will feel free to tweet quotes and ideas from Trump's own pitiful, failing social media.

[orangecrush]

5. I like this guy.

Great music and a heart.

He just earned a new Instagram follower - me.

[ancianita]

6. Good. This might hurt Elon's feelings because one of his baby mamas, Grimes, says he loves the

music world, and fell in love with her because she's in it, too.

+1 Fl man and -1 Jack White is a big net loss for Elon and the Twitterverse.

[BigmanPigman]

8. Cool...I read this and realized I'm wearing my White Stripes t-shirt.

Thank you, Jack! Very good music from a very cool guy.

[ShazzieB]

10. Good for him!

Well done, Jack!

[Beartracks]

11. A "poll." 'Cuz polls are super-accurate. Especially public opinion polls. And Twitter likes.

bigtime

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[orangecrush]

15. Of course

The bots voted.

[OMGWTF]

12. I saw where Trump told his Truth Social

flying monkeys to vote “yes” on the Twitter poll to let him back in. Everything is a fking lie.

[blueinredohio]

13. Smart man!

[highplainsdem]

14. Bravo!