President Trump was condemned Saturday by the very mode of communication he often turns to when he cracks insults at his critics and political opponents.
A day after President Trump signed an executive order that temporarily suspends immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries and bars refugees from entering the U.S., Twitter shot back: “Twitter is built by immigrants of all religions. We stand for and with them, always.”
All day Saturday Trump faced criticism and challenges to his executive order from politicians, rights groups and others on social media, calling it a discriminatory “Muslim ban” — a label Trump has pushed back against.
“It’s not a Muslim ban, but we were totally prepared. It’s working out very nicely. You see it at the airports, you see it all over,” Trump told reporters Saturday while signing executive orders in the White House.
Protests erupted at airports nationwide after it was reported that refugees were being detained upon landing in the U.S.
A judge granted a temporary stay on the ban Saturday evening.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey also chimed in on his personal Twitter account, which had several retweets of civil rights groups’ updates on stay.
“The Executive Order’s humanitarian and economic impact is real and upsetting. We benefit from what refugees and immigrants bring to the U.S.,” he tweeted Saturday evening.
Later he responded to one Twitter user’s remark that read :”So that is why you allowed racists/neo nazis to use your site organize and harass? Do better @jack.”
“[W]e are working hard at it,” Dorsey replied.
Trump’s ban was also panned elsewhere in the tech community.
“Apple would not exist without immigration, let alone thrive and innovate the way we do,” wrote Apple CEO Tim Cook in an email to Apple staff, according to Recode.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he is “concerned about the impact of the recent executive orders signed by President Trump.”
He added in a Facebook post: “We are a nation of immigrants, and we all benefit when the best and brightest from around the world can live, work and contribute here. I hope we find the courage and compassion to bring people together and make this world a better place for everyone.”
“The blanket entry ban on citizens from certain primarily Muslim countries is not the best way to address the country’s challenges,” said Telsa’s Elon Musk. “Many people negatively affected by this policy are strong supporters of the US. They’ve done right,not wrong & don’t deserve to be rejected.”
we are working hard at it
— jack (@jack) January 29, 2017
