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Outraged Trump demands Biden, Twitter, and Facebook pull down troop ad

By Paul Bedard

Published September 10, 2020 6:23pm ET

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Outraged Trump demands Biden, Twitter, and Facebook pull down troop ad — President Donald Trump, left, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville salute as an Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Rey Rodriguez, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Rodriguez, 28, of Las Cruces, N.M., died in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained during combat operations. Vice President Mike Pence is partially visible at right.

President Trump, angry and insulted over much-disputed allegations in an Atlantic article that he disparaged military troops, is demanding that a Biden campaign ad promoting the story be banned on Twitter and Facebook — just like the platforms have censored him.

Citing a double standard by Twitter and Facebook, the legal counsel for the Trump-Pence campaign called for a “cease and desist” on the digital ad.

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