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Twitter silenced Trump permanently

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  Since Wednesday it's Trump who's being weakened.  Accused now of willfully inciting violence against the U.S. government.   In new articles of impeachment drafted by house democrats as they ratchet up pressure to remove him from office with fewer than two weeks to go. Tonight Twitter silenced Trump permanently.  Suspending his account after more than 25 thousand presidential tweets, citing the risk of further incitement of violence. The riots this week crossed a line even pitting some members of his own party against him. "Donald Trump has acted shamefully.  He has been in flagrant dereliction of his duty and he will be remembered for having incited this and for having drawn more division into an already divided people," said Nebraska Republican Senator Ben Sasse. A new poll says 57 percent of Americans want Trump to resign including a first Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski. Trump confirmed he will skip his successor's inauguration, the first President to do ...

US Presidential Election 2020: U.S. Democrats want to suspend Trump's Twitter account, Trump tweets restricted

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Donald Trump   According to foreign media The Verge, the US Democrats called on Twitter to suspend the Twitter account of US President Donald Trump until the election result is released.  "Now, the President's Twitter account is publishing lies and misinformation at an amazing rate," Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) tweeted on Wednesday. "This is a threat to our democracy and should be suspended until all votes are counted." "Suspend his account, @Twitter. This is purely false information," Rep. Gerry Connolly also tweeted on Wednesday. "Valid votes are being counted. This is the United States, not Russia." Other Democrats such as Senator Tom Udall and Representative Nanette Diaz Barragán have not yet reached the point of requesting a suspension, but criticized Trump for spreading election misinformation online. "Counting votes is not ‘finding’ votes," Barragán said on Twitter on Wednesday. "Maybe you should learn how the election s...