Trump doesn’t use Gab and is being kept off by ‘dopey’ Jared Kushner, says social media platform’s CEO
Gab chief government Andrew Torba says Donald Trump doesn’t use the social media platform, after false reviews within the media claimed that he does.
In a post on Gab, Mr Torba blames “dopey advisers like Jared Kushner” for retaining the previous president off the self-described “free speech social network.
Reports circulated on Friday that Mr Trump had returned to social media after being banned from Twitter and Facebook and following the demise of Parler.
In fact, the account believed to belong to the former president is not his. It is thought that confusion arose from the presence of a blue check mark indicating the account was verified.
Mr Torba explained in a post on gab: “@realdonaldtrump is and always has been a mirror archive of POTUS’ tweets and statements that we’ve run for years. We’ve always been transparent about this and would obviously let people know if the President starts using it.”
He continued: “The only reason he’s not using it right now to contact his base is because dopey advisers like Jared Kushner, who lost him the election, are blocking him from using it.”
The put up on Gab that was mistakenly regarded as made by the previous president was a duplicate of a letter despatched by Mr Trump’s authorized crew to Congressman Jamie Raskin who had known as on him to testify at his second impeachment within the Senate.
The letter, signed by attorneys David Schoen and Bruce Castor Jr, states: “We are in receipt of your latest public relations stunt. Your letter only confirms what is known to everyone: you cannot prove your allegations against the 45th President of the United States, who is now a private citizen.”
Mr Trump faces one article of impeachment in his Senate trial that begins on Tuesday — incitement of revolt — for his position in encouraging his supporters to storm the US Capitol resulting in the deaths of 5 folks. He has refused to testify within the trial.
Doubling down on his assertion that Mr Kushner is retaining Mr Trump off the platform, Mr Torba stated: “We will go on the record stating that we know 100% for a fact that Jared Kushner is actively trying to keep Trump off Gab and has been for weeks. Because Gab is the only safe place left for conservatives that means Kushner is trying to keep Trump off the Internet. Why?”
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