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FOX 7 Discussion: Trump vs Twitter

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Published  May 27, 2020 9:43pm CDT
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FOX 7 Discussion: Trump vs Twitter

Brian Ruddle with the Travis County GOP and Nisha Randle with the Texas Democrats join Rebecca Thomas on FOX 7 Austin to discuss President Trump's reaction to Twitter's new fact-check initiative.

AUSTIN, Texas - President Donald Trump is unhappy about a new Twitter initiative he claims stifles his free speech.

It started last night when Twitter placed links under the president's recent tweets about mail-in ballots leading to widespread fraud. The links take you to an article that says "Trump makes unsubstantiated claim that mail-in ballots will lead to voter fraud," which included a photo from CNN Politics.

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When the president found out about the links, he tweeted: "@Twitter is now interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election. They are saying my statement on Mail-In Ballots, which will lead to massive corruption and fraud, is incorrect, based on fact-checking by Fake News CNN and the Amazon Washington Post...Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!"

Brian Ruddle with the Travis County GOP and Nisha Randle with the Texas Democrats join Rebecca Thomas to discuss President Trump's reaction to Twitter's new fact-check initiative.