Bernie Sanders says he doesn’t ‘feel comfortable’ with Twitter ban on Trump

By Kaelan Deese

Published March 24, 2021 12:45am ET

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Bernie Sanders says he doesn’t ‘feel comfortable’ with Twitter ban on Trump — Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., pauses while speaking at a campaign event Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. | (Cheryl Senter/AP)

Sen. Bernie Sanders said he does not feel “comfortable” with Twitter’s ban of former President Donald Trump, expressing some concerns about the power dynamics of social media companies.

The Vermont independent was asked by the New York Times about his thoughts on Trump’s removal from Twitter following the Jan. 6 Capitol siege, an incident some critics have said was inspired by Trump’s ability to rally supporters through the social media platform.

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