Badgered might be a better word than harassed. A Twitter files addendum from Matt Taibbi shows just how far Democrats went in trying to suppress and censor any content they didn’t like.
The most important thing to remember here is how utterly unrepentant they are. They have no regrets and they aren’t scrambling to explain themselves. They don’t have to comment at all because the media simply aren’t asking them about any of this. THE PRESS DO NOT CARE.
When you have a second, go ask them why. They’re still on Twitter, some of them.
2.Staff of House Democrat @AdamSchiff wrote to Twitter quite often, asking that tweets be taken down. This important use of taxpayer resources involved an ask about a “Peter Douche” parody photo of Joe Biden. The DNC made the same request: https://t.co/fM2Y2jxVKw pic.twitter.com/LIQMbns1B0
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 13, 2023
3.The real issue was Donald Trump retweeted the Biden pic. To its credit Twitter refused to remove it, with Trust and Safety chief Yoel Roth saying it had obvious “humorous intent” and “any reasonable observer” – apparently, not a Schiff staffer – could see it was doctored. pic.twitter.com/QJtS6s506Z
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 13, 2023
4.Schiff staffer Jeff Lowenstein didn’t give up, claiming there was a “slippery slope concern here.” pic.twitter.com/qM1cJiZLFh
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 13, 2023
This one is absolutely incredible:
5.Twitter also refused requests for bans of content about Schiff and his staff, e.g. “complete suppress[ion of] any and all search results about Mr. Misko and other Committee staffers.” Twitter said this would not be “conceivable.” pic.twitter.com/2HQrmp4fnY
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 13, 2023
I love that they USED THE WORD SUPPRESS.
Just incredible.