Elon Musk resurfaces Harris tweet calling for Trump to be booted from Twitter in 2019 as she claims ‘free speech’ over Kimmel suspension
Elon Musk resurfaced former Vice President and former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ years-old call for President Donald Trump’s ban from social media as she claims “free speech” concerns over Jimmy Kimmel being pulled off the air.
Harris has weighed in on Disney’s decision to pull ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air “indefinitely,” defending Kimmel and slamming what she calls an “outright abuse of power” by the Trump administration.
“What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power. This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats,” Harris wrote on Twitter, now called X, about Kimmel’s suspension.
“We cannot dare to be silent or complacent in the face of this frontal assault on free speech. We, the people, deserve better.”
Many X users, including Musk, the platform’s owner, were quick to point out Harris’ own past statements, some suggested they appeared to support censorship.
Musk resurfaced a 2019 tweet by Harris when Trump was serving his first time.
Harris, a U.S. senator representing California at the time, was running for vice president when she made the post on X, then Twitter.
“Look let’s be honest, @realDonaldTrump’s Twitter account should be suspended,” Harris wrote on Sept. 30, 2019.....
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Opps that did not age well .
