How Trump's ban opened Pandora's Box

Published January 12, 2021 12:00am ET



After years of wiggling his way out of one jam after another, it looks like President Trump has reached the end of the road. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I regret to inform you that Donald Trump, the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters, is canceled.

Following the siege on Capitol Hill by a pro-Trump mob that left five people dead, including one Capitol Police officer, Twitter initially locked Trump out of his account for posting three tweets that gave off the impression that he was condoning the violence while also repeating his claims that the election was stolen from him. One of the tweets included a video in which the president told the mob who stormed the Capitol, "We love you. You're very special."

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