Twitter fact-checks Trump tweet for the first time

[malibukid]

8 hours ago, Oxx said:

Two complaints about this:

 

(1) The warning "Get the facts" is too mild.  A skull and "This is a lie" in red would be more appropriate.

 

(2) The warning doesn't even appear when tweets are embedded in another website.

porky the pig icon even better

[Paul Henry]

Poor Donald he cannot help it if he is a compulsive liar and cheat its in his genes.We should support him and all of his despicable habits. We don't make fun of other people who are mentally ill, we give them our support and pity. The same standard should apply to Donald a poor sick decrepit old man who should be retired off to a home for such people.

[wabothai]

twitter is merely saying, folks think twice.

Absolutely nothing to do with freedom of speech.

[johnpetersen]

7 minutes ago, Paul Henry said:

Poor Donald he cannot help it if he is a compulsive liar and cheat its in his genes.We should support him and all of his despicable habits. We don't make fun of other people who are mentally ill, we give them our support and pity. The same standard should apply to Donald a poor sick decrepit old man who should be retired off to a home for such people.

His health is certainly suspect. In November he had an unscheduled medical checkup which somehow got called "routine." The checkup was far from complete. It hasn't been followed up on even though the full checkups usually take places early in the calendar year. Trump claims it's because he's too busy. Sound believable?

[candide]

It seems that Trump is anticipating that he may lose next elections, and is already complaining that they will be rigged.

[Saint Nick]

19 minutes ago, Paul Henry said:

Poor Donald he cannot help it if he is a compulsive liar and cheat its in his genes.We should support him and all of his despicable habits. We don't make fun of other people who are mentally ill, we give them our support and pity. The same standard should apply to Donald a poor sick decrepit old man who should be retired off to a home for such people.

I know, you are being sarcastic!

But for people who don't get it: other mentally ill people (who clearly deserve our sympathy and help) are not POTUS...

[jordanmarcinkus]

5 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Better question would be are Twitter sure they want to ban Trump or keep censoring him on very shaky evidence? After they de-platform him, he will move to a social media account that allows free speech such as Gab. Then all the haters and fans will follow him there. Not good for Twitter. Time for them to wind their neck in.

 

 On the subject of banning and fact checking Twitter accounts. What should happen to Maddow and MSNBC accouts when she said the hospital ships aren't coming? What should happen to CNN and their Twitter account when they awarded Claas Relotius journalist of the year? How about when CNN claimed the schoolkid was smirking and abusing that Indian guy? How about all the journalists who claimed on Twitter that Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election?.... Well you get the gist of it. Censorship, a very very slippery slope. 

 

Why are you so concerned? President Trump has tweeted "Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!" So the problem will certainly be taken care of shortly. Or was that another false statement or empty threat?

Edited May 27, 2020 by jordanmarcinkus

[Oxx]

11 minutes ago, Saint Nick said:

But for people who don't get it: other mentally ill people (who clearly deserve our sympathy and help) are not POTUS...

 

They're all Napoleon or Jesus Christ?

[mikebike]

9 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

...but seeing as the Facebook fact check team are a panel of well known leftists it is clearly a farce.

So in your world a Daily Caller affiliate is a "known lefty". I just stopped reading your drek.

[TopDeadSenter]

15 minutes ago, jordanmarcinkus said:

Why are you so concerned? President Trump has tweeted "Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!" So the problem will certainly be taken care of shortly. Or was that another false statement or empty threat?

Yes, I believe he will indeed take care of it. Just like he said. Seeing as he has been proven correct against the avalanche of fake news and hoaxes since 2016 I have good reason to once again trust what he says. He was right about China. He was right the Russia collusion conspiracy was BS, he was proven right that the Mueller witch hunt was just that, he was right the Obama govt spied on him during the election run-up, he was proven right about the hospital ships, he was proven right about Jussie Smollet, he has been right again and again and again. Judging by the photos that show they are identical twins he was right about Ilhan Omar. You get the drift. It would take a brave man to actually bet against Trump being correct.

[ujayujay]

8 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

not surprising given Twitter is controlled by the far-left

No, fake information! Fact is: Trump is known as notorious Liar????

[mikebike]

5 hours ago, tropo said:

People are so willing to give up their freedom of speech.

Apparently you do not understand the first amendment.

[Emdog]

37 minutes ago, wabothai said:

twitter is merely saying, folks think twice.

Absolutely nothing to do with freedom of speech.

I'd accept folks thinking just once

Hey, here's an idea: Hire folks to fact check Trumps previous tweets. Advantages: could work from home and would make significant dent in number of unemployed. Be akin to 5th labor of Hercules: Clean the Augean Stables.

[Sujo]

Still waiting for someone to tell me what was truthful in his tweet.

 

Anyone?

[Mama Noodle]

1 minute ago, Sujo said:

Still waiting for someone to tell me what was truthful in his tweet.

 

Having an all mail-in ballot vote for the 2020 election will lead to voter fraud. This is what's being said and twitter felt the need to 'fact check' it. 

Do you disagree with this statement? Because if you think this is a lie or in any way untruthful then I dont know what to tell you. To say that there will not be any voter fraud in 2020 with mail-in ballots is a position only an imbecile or a Democrat would take.

[Lacessit]

5 hours ago, simple1 said:

trump has pushed for legislation to enable him to sue media outlets contrary to 'free speech'. At the same time whilst President trump is immune from legal action to sue him for defamation / slander. trump tries to undermine democracy as demonstrated by Twitter removing his false allegations concerning mail in voter fraud. trump is a liar and a hypocrite.

Simply put, one can check everything Trump has said and done throughout his career, before and during his Presidency.

Then one can Google any number of websites that describe the attributes of a high-functioning sociopath.

It's quite amazing how many boxes Trump manages to tick with ease.

[kwonitoy]

"It would take a brave man to actually bet against Trump being correct."

 

 

I'll take that bet for any amount, any old day of the week

Edited May 27, 2020 by kwonitoy

[johnray]

It's only good until the inevitable point when the government owns the fact checking websites.

[Sujo]

7 minutes ago, Mama Noodle said:

 

Having an all mail-in ballot vote for the 2020 election will lead to voter fraud. This is what's being said and twitter felt the need to 'fact check' it. 

Do you disagree with this statement? Because if you think this is a lie or in any way untruthful then I dont know what to tell you. To say that there will not be any voter fraud in 2020 with mail-in ballots is a position only an imbecile or a Democrat would take.

Trumps own committee to investgate it came up with nothing.

 

Its not a fact that there will be voter fraud in the future.

 

So the statement is false. Though there was a small case of voter fraud in favor of republicans. And trump mailed his vote.

[Bluespunk]

8 hours ago, Crazy Alex said:

Translation of article: We have GOT to do whatever it takes to see to it Trump is not reelected.

That is such a bad translation it is worthy of the google translate app.

[Mama Noodle]

Just now, Sujo said:

Trumps own committee to investgate it came up with nothing.

 

Whopper #1 right here ^  States refusal to comply with the audit is not evidence no voter fraud, the only thing it is evidence of is hiding something. Now bare in mind this cute little fact - the states that fought the hardest against the audit are Democrat strongholds that do not require voter ID and are sanctuary states with very high populations of illegal aliens. 

 

3 minutes ago, Sujo said:

So the statement is false. Though there was a small case of voter fraud in favor of republicans.

 

No, refusing any audit is not proof that your position is correct. Its proof of absolutely nothing at all other than hiding something. 

 

4 minutes ago, Sujo said:

And trump mailed his vote.

 

That is called an absentee ballot, for people who physically can not go to their local polling place and are already registered voters and who provide a legitimate reason for being absent. Whats being proposed by Democrats is completely different. 

That is not the same as all mail-in voting, and no manner of mental gymnastics will make it so. 

[Sujo]

11 minutes ago, Mama Noodle said:

 

Whopper #1 right here ^  States refusal to comply with the audit is not evidence no voter fraud, the only thing it is evidence of is hiding something. Now bare in mind this cute little fact - the states that fought the hardest against the audit are Democrat strongholds that do not require voter ID and are sanctuary states with very high populations of illegal aliens. 

 

 

No, refusing any audit is not proof that your position is correct. Its proof of absolutely nothing at all other than hiding something. 

 

 

That is called an absentee ballot, for people who physically can not go to their local polling place and are already registered voters and who provide a legitimate reason for being absent. Whats being proposed by Democrats is completely different. 

That is not the same as all mail-in voting, and no manner of mental gymnastics will make it so. 

So absense of evidence is now evidence. Got it.

 

So can you show me the facts that prove there will be voter fraud.

[Mama Noodle]

5 minutes ago, Sujo said:

So absense of evidence is now evidence. Got it.

It was sure good enough for you to barf up your original opinion on the matter before actually looking into it and getting the actual facts. 

 

6 minutes ago, Sujo said:

So can you show me the facts that prove there will be voter fraud.

 

Show me the facts that prove (prove, with evidence) that there will not be voter fraud. 

[mikebike]

15 minutes ago, Mama Noodle said:

Show me the facts that prove (prove, with evidence) that there will not be voter fraud. 

As soon as you prove (prove, with evidence) that 45 is not driving the nation headlong into facism.

 

See how that works? ????

[candide]

The OP is not explicit enough about what Trump wrote in his tweets. Actually, it goes well beyond expressing doubts or fears.

 

May 25

The Democrats are trying to Rig the 2020 Election, plain and simple!

 

May 24

The United States cannot have all Mail In Ballots. It will be the greatest Rigged Election in history. People grab them from mailboxes, print thousands of forgeries and “force” people to sign. Also, forge names. Some absentee OK, when necessary. Trying to use Covid for this Scam!

[simple1]

10 minutes ago, candide said:

The OP is not explicit enough about what Trump wrote in his tweets. Actually, it goes well beyond expressing doubts or fears.

 

May 25

The Democrats are trying to Rig the 2020 Election, plain and simple!

 

May 24

The United States cannot have all Mail In Ballots. It will be the greatest Rigged Election in history. People grab them from mailboxes, print thousands of forgeries and “force” people to sign. Also, forge names. Some absentee OK, when necessary. Trying to use Covid for this Scam!

trump's prior efforts at alleging voter fraud were proven to be false. trump still posts this stuff without any proof whatsoever. whilst at the same time engaging in efforts across the country for voter suppression. The volume of trump's disinformation and propaganda is incredible. Do you know who actually creates trump's deceitful messaging?

[opalred]

he will try every dirty and low trick in the world to try to get elected 

he knows he and others/ will be fighting every day of his life /if not elected in courts to  stay out of jail

[simple1]

trump has complained the Twitter action is an attack on his 'Free Speech'. However,  Federal law (Section 230 of Title 47 of the United States Code (47 USC § 230) protects the rights of internet platforms to moderate the third-party speech they publish.

[Sujo]

3 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Yes, I believe he will indeed take care of it. Just like he said. Seeing as he has been proven correct against the avalanche of fake news and hoaxes since 2016 I have good reason to once again trust what he says. He was right about China. He was right the Russia collusion conspiracy was BS, he was proven right that the Mueller witch hunt was just that, he was right the Obama govt spied on him during the election run-up, he was proven right about the hospital ships, he was proven right about Jussie Smollet, he has been right again and again and again. Judging by the photos that show they are identical twins he was right about Ilhan Omar. You get the drift. It would take a brave man to actually bet against Trump being correct.

Does your right to free speech extend to stopping trump blocking some from following him on twitter?

[teatime101]

2 hours ago, Mama Noodle said:

Having an all mail-in ballot vote for the 2020 election will lead to voter fraud.

What evidence do you have for this?