Hillary Clinton shares 2016 tweet after Twitter bans Donald Trump's account permanently

Former First Lady of US Hillary Clinton on January 9 commented over Twitter's action on outgoing US President Donald Trump by using her 2016 tweet. Clinton had in 2016 told Trump to delete his account. She used a tick mark emoji while retweeting her 2016 tweet wherein Trump had criticised ex-President Barack Obama and Clinton in run-up to n polls.

After ex-President Barack Obama endorsed Clinton, Trump, had tweeted: “Obama just endorsed Crooked Hillary. He wants four more years of Obama—but body else does!” To this Hillary Clinton had n responded, "Delete your account." After Capitol riots, Hillary Clinton had said, "Today, domestic terrorists attacked a foundation of our democracy: peaceful transfer of power following free elections. We must reestablish rule of law and hold m accountable. Democracy is fragile. Our leaders must live up to ir responsibility to protect it."

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Twitter suspends Donald Trump's account permanently

This came after Twitter suspended Trump's account permanently. Twitter said, “After reviewing of tweets from Donald Trump account and context around m — how y are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended account due to risk of furr incitement of violence”. It added, "In context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action. Our public interest framework exists to enable public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly. It is built on a principle that people have a right to hold power to account in open”. 

In his first response after permanent suspension of his Twitter account, outgoing US President tweeted from official Twitter account of POTUS and said that microblogging site has banned free speech. Trump alleged that Twitter employees coordinated with Democrats and Left to suspend his account. However, within minutes of his tweet, Twitter removed it from profile. He n tweeted from a p called Team Trump that was made to canvass support for him ahead of elections, but Twitter deleted that account also. 

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Terming people who voted for him as 'patriots', Trump said that 'Twitter may be a private company, but without government's gift of Section 230 y would t exist for long.' Opining that he had predicted such an action, US president said that his team has been negotiating with various or sites, he will make a "big anuncement soon". Trump declared, "We will t be silenced! Twitter is t about free speech. y are all about promoting a Radical Left platform where some of most vicious people in world are allowed to speak freely...".

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US Capitol siege

step was taken by microblogging site after Trump supporters stormed US Capitol in name of protest against "rigged election" claim made by Donald Trump. Violence and destruction ensued soon after with Trump supporters vandalising chambers of Capitol building. Trump had given a speech from White House, urging protesters to march on Capitol after making false claims of electoral fraud. Later, after siege, Biden condemned violence, urging Trump to 'stop this carn' and 'do his Constitutional duty'. Trump, later gave a speech telling rioters to 'go home in peace', before formally conceding election. Congress later reconvened and formally certified Biden and Harris' electoral victory, with senior Republican leaders slamming Trump.

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