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For the First Time Ever, Twitter Adds Warning to Trump’s Tweet On Mail-In Ballots as ‘Misinformation’

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Pressure mounted throughout the day upon Twitter to do something to stop this man. It was not as simple as simply banning the president of the United States, especially this president.

A ban would be the biggest gift for which Trump could ask – he could play the victim until the end of time, rallying his clan in anger like never before. On the other hand, Twitter had to do something. The intensity of the calls to act against Trump finally broke the dam.

Stunningly, the warning isn’t attached to Trump’s tweets on Scarborough and Lori Klausutis. The warning went out on a Trump tweet claiming that the voting system is rigged with respect to mail-in voting. Rawstory:

On Tuesday, Twitter added a warning label to President Donald Trump’s tweets ranting against mail-in voting — the first time the social media network has ever done this to a message from the president of the United States.

The pair of tweets in question claimed, with no factual basis, that absentee ballots will be “substantially fraudulent” and that people will “rob” mail boxes and “forge” or “illegally print out” ballots — something that there are already robust safeguards against in state election systems.

This is a stunning paradigm shift. Trump has been tweeting away since he’s been in politics – a decade, at least – with no regard for the dangers he imposes with all the false information he stuffs into the U.S. political discussions on a daily basis.

The warning appeared right on the tweet and invited the reader to get the actual facts on mail-in ballots. This tweet below had a light blue link embedded at the bottom when viewed on Twitter itself. It may not show in our post.

Take a look at how it appears on Twitter:

We will be monitoring this story this evening. It may not seem like earth-shattering news, but in our opinion it most certainly will be within a short period of time.

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Peace, y’all

Jason

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Jason Miciak
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Jason Miciak is a political writer, features writer, author, and attorney. He is originally from Canada but grew up in the Pacific Northwest. He now enjoys life as a single dad raising a ridiculously-loved young girl on the beaches of the Gulf Coast. He is very much the dreamy mystic, a day without learning is a day not lived. He is passionate about his flower pots and studies philosophical science, religion, and non-mathematical principles of theoretical physics. Dogs, pizza, and love are proof that God exists. "Above all else, love one another."

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