Twitter has curbed the reach of President Donald Trump's several posts questioning the vote-counting process as the battle over the knife-edge United States presidential election spilled onto the social media. Twitter said that President Trump violated platform rules in claiming ballot irregularities.
Here's everything Donald Trump has tweeted since the counting began:
Before the counting began, Trump took to Twitter to thank his supporters.
"WE ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU! (sic)" he tweeted.
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At 11.15 am on November 4 he said, "I will be making a statement tonight. A big WIN!"
A few hours later he tweeted alleging that the Democratic nominee was seeking to "steal" the election. "We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election," Trump tweeted.
Twitter hid the tweet, saying "Some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process."
Backing its action, Twitter also said that the action was in line with its Civic Integrity Policy. "We placed a warning on a Tweet from Donald Trump for making a potentially misleading claim about an election. This action is in line with our Civic Integrity Policy," Twitter Safety tweeted.
Read: Twitter hides Donald Trump's tweet accusing Democrats of trying to 'steal' election
Again, in a bid to cast doubt on the integrity of the electoral process Trump tweeted, "Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted. VERY STRANGE, and the “pollsters” got it completely & historically wrong!"
The tweet was flagged by the micro-blogging platform for violation of rules.
"How come every time they count Mail-In ballot dumps they are so devastating in their percentage and power of destruction?" Trump tweeted.
WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT? https://t.co/6487pYLZnL— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2020
Read: Donald Trump falsely claims victory, tells supporters 'we are winning everything'
They are working hard to make up 500,000 vote advantage in Pennsylvania disappear — ASAP. Likewise, Michigan and others!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2020
Wow! It looks like Michigan has now found the ballots necessary to keep a wonderful young man, John James, out of the U.S. Senate. What a terrible thing is happening!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2020
Twitter's action made the comments less visible, and users seeking to read the post were required to click through a warning that "some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading."
We are winning Pennsylvania big, but the PA Secretary of State just announced that there are “Millions of ballots left to be counted.”— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2020
.....there was a large number of secretly dumped ballots as has been widely reported!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2020
Our lawyers have asked for “meaningful access”, but what good does that do? The damage has already been done to the integrity of our system, and to the Presidential Election itself. This is what should be discussed!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2020
Demands Arise for PA Attorney General to ‘Step Aside‘ https://t.co/jrED09zpK1 via @BreitbartNews— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 5, 2020
Detroit Absentee Ballot Counting Chaos, Blocked Windows and Observers https://t.co/KzIwhbQrDt via @BreitbartNews— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 5, 2020
Hours later, Trump claimed a "Big legal win in Pennsylvania!" where an appellate judge ordered that poll watchers must be allowed within six feet of counting of votes.
Two more tweet by Trump were pulled down by Twitter over policy violations. But he tweeted at 4.56 am IST that he will address a "News Conference at 6:30 P.M." Later in the day, he posted videos from his address at the White House.
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