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Allies of President Trump, including Sen. Ted Cruz, decried Twitter’s ban of his account, arguing it represented the biggest move yet to silence conservative voices

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WASHINGTON—Allies of President Trump decried Twitter’s ban of his account, arguing it represented the biggest move yet to silence conservative voices.

Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted Saturday: “Even those who oppose Trump should see the danger of having a small & unelected group with the power to silence & erase anyone. And their actions will only stoke new grievances that will end up fueling the very thing they claim to be trying to prevent.” Ms. Haley also told members of the Republican National Committee on Thursday that Mr. Trump “will be judged harshly by history.”

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By 'conservative' do they mean divisive, rabble rousing, self serving disinformation?

It’s not silencing a conservative; it’s silencing a psychopath. Cruz has lost his marbles.

SenTedCruz Read the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. This is how despotism starts. You fraud an election (the nazis called it a plebiscite) you then attempt to silence the voice of dissent. Then you take over the media. It’s all there. What comes next is bombs over Berlin!

CLAN COUSIN YOUR A CLOWN POWER TO THE LINCOLN PROJECT!!!

22,000 + lies from the man. He had a lot to do with why this happened.

To freaking bad you sore losers

Voices that incite murder and treason MUST be silenced.

Really, that’s what they are outraged about? Not that they will be killed by a raging mob in the Capitol?

Conservatives do NOT advocate for the Overthrow of the USA.

Not conservative voices, a crazy seditious voice.

'conservative' Trump has a voice: go on OAN, join Rush Limbaugh, use your Press Staff - there's an entire stage dedicated to giving a voice to the WH

But when your free expression threatens the life and freedom of other people and incites disorder and violence, it must be sensed

Well it might if potus45 was a conservative

Ted should go hide under a rock somewhere

'Allies of _______!' A TERM used around the world to describe TRAITORS of the the RIGHTFUL government-during a COUP!

Conservative cry babies

Maybe you shouldn't be an ass, then.

Such a move necessary to control n ensure peace n harmony. Five lives were lost in d violent protests. Those directly or indirectly responsible shud ask for God’s forgiveness n guidance. Repenting will be a good thing. 🙏

Biden is a cheater

US is CCPChina now.

Cruz continues to confuse 'voice' with flatulence.

😂

A Private Corp censuring the legitimate Executive Power ! Imagine the opposite ? The MSM would go nuts ! SenTedCruz

Biggest boldest yet, given to them by paying for a Biden Election win? I feel hopeless aside from my plan to move out of this sick country. Very bad things are to come!

They should ban Cruz and Hawley

GilZentgraf

Baffling that any bright lawmaker, including Ted C, would make such a straw man argument. They know well that there is a right way and a wrong way to express ideas. Inciting violence and committing sedition is not the right choice and comes with consequences. Or should it not?

It isn’t a silencing of conservative voices, it is understanding that certain conservative values are the antithesis of American values of equality and justice. The authoritarian tilt that the GOP has move toward is a danger to the republic.

I don't think it's bad,,to stop the incitement of violence by a leader

What's conservative about burning a house down?

Twitter decides who can say what! I object to that, not as a Trump supporter

Did Trump know Trump mob wanted to hang Mike Pence?

I think my Gov-I professor said 1st Amendment doesn't give you a right to yell 'Fire!' In a crowded theater. DJT asked ppl to March into the capital. tedcruz, u r a constitutional guru, please help understand how that is Ok.

Don’t know why so many get their panties in a wad over a chat room and a battery operated toy. GROW UP!

LAseniorcitizen Isn’t WSJ conservative media? We hear more than enough rightwing crap in America.

These Rs are despicable. To curry favor with his base because they have none is more than pathetic; it's dangerous. Do they still not see they are pouring gasoline on the flames? Or are they just like Trump and don't care who goes down in flames?

So conservatives can discriminate against people they disagree with on religious grounds, but a business can't ban someone for violation of the company's own rules? 🤔

Which Party is he speaking for, is it The Republican Party, or Trump’s Republican Party ?

Ted Cruz trying time look like U2’s Bono these days.

Yo SenTedCruz, How much do you pay for Facebook and Twitter? Like your daddy told you, “My house, my rules.” You can leave any time.

What happened to his cliche of private property and free market?

Ted knows there’s no 1st Amendment argument. He’s merely decrying “censorship” the same way I did to my dad just before he washed my mouth out with soap.

They can hold press conferences right? This is stupid.

Tough shit Cruz.

joseph goebbels agrees (from his grave)

It’s almost like a Christian bakery refusing to bake a cake for a gay marriage. Oh......wait

You spelt “fascist voices” wrong.

Trump is not a Conservative. Social Media Privileges are not a Right.

I don’t like Trump, but condemn this censorship as well.

If tedcruz can not distinguish between free speech and inciting insurrection then I and many other conservatives begin to doubt his fitness to serve. Resign now Ted!

Wouldn’t requiring real verifiable profiles for all of social media solve this issue? It would enable recourse for unlawful or liable actions online?

Trump is not a conservative voice. He is a crazed, self-serving, anti-American voice who has caused the death of 5 people in the Capitol and hundreds of thousands of citizens due to his botch of the Covid-19 crisis

My account is representing the biggest move from silence conservative voices.

Ted is the next Nut Job we need to be very afraid of.

What Were their plans for more disruption squashed without a twitter account? Oh my!

WSJ Why would you print such a useless article? Are you trying to stir up trouble? Don’t you think we’ve had enough of that in the past week? What is your intention, really?

ITS NOT A MOVE TO SILENCE ANYONE. ITS AN EFFORT TO AVOID MORE VIOLENCE AND INCITE MORE INSURRECTION. There is no right to publish speech which incites violence. In fact, Cruz should be silenced too.

The result of months of batshit crazy unfounded conspiracy misinformation efforts by trump and his cabal.

Baffling that any bright lawmaker, including Ted C, would make such a red herring argument. They know very well that there is a right way and a wrong way to express ideas. Inciting violence and commit sedition is not the right choice and comes with consequences. Or should it not?

Treason is a high crime. Does Cruz believe nothing happened at the Nation's Capital ?

To freaking bad go cry to your mother Ted deushbag

The Donald had a nice term of endearment for good old Ted back in the day. He wasn’t wrong.

Conservative voices & lies are two different things; or at least they should be.

Cruz has lost his mind or maybe he never had one.

SenTedCruz = coward

Cruz should be ashamed from his stunts , we all know his play

Maybe if they didn’t incite insurrection, or continuously lie that the election was a fraud, they wouldn’t be silenced? 🤷‍♂️

When Trump becomes a conservative maybe I'll care.

Shame on them. The worst is coming. Impeachment next week will be swift.

If only Trump had a place he could talk. A room maybe where people could gather so he could speak to them. They could even put cameras in there so his speeches were broadcast across all mediums. Wouldn't it be something if he had a place like that?

Cruz is a liar and is guilty of sedition.

If a president is not impeached and removed from office for seeking to overthrow the government of the United States in order to remain in power, I don't know what the Framers of the Constitution meant by impeachment.

Not silencing Conservative Voices, Silencing Sedition and Calls for Violence. Oh, and Twitter, you forgot to freeze Ted Cruz’s account, who bears equal responsibility.

Nobody has silenced Trump. He can freely speak through other means including puppets like Cruz and Giuliani among others.

Nobody is suppressing conservative voices. They silenced the nuts!

You can’t yell ‘FIRE’ in a theater either. Boo hoo

Trump’s avalanche of lies targeting the foundations of democracy and his fomenting of division and rage are undeniable, so is the complicity of such invertebrates as tedcruz. The ban may backfire, but turning off a verbal firehose of hate is not silencing conservatives.

Thank you to all the social networks that shut these crazy people down

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Inciting a riot and violence is NOT protected speech! Private companies make their own rules!

They are 100% correct!!

Do not want see another attack on government

Let it be noted how the press stood by quietly and let him be censored. Noted

There have to be limits to free speech. To use the common analogy- you can’t yell fire in a crowded theater and innocent of the result. Stop defending Trump. He’s being destructive and dangerous.

Sit. Down. Ted. Cruz.

Trump is not silenced. He just chooses not to use the press corps parked right there in the White House. (They have a tendency to ask questions.)

So, is Cruz saying that since more than one entity that Trump has used as his primary bully platform has stopped allowing him to appropriate social media as his personal propaganda and recruitment tool, Trump is now the much maligned victim? Sad ignorance.

So Ted Cruz says Donald Trump is the voice of the conservatives?

1. You break the rules, you get banned. 2. Fuck conservative voices.

tedcruz we don’t support people in American spouting russian propaganda.

If they were not dangers to this country And human life maybe they wouldn’t get banned

I pledge to stop supporting or patronizing any and every company or organization that continues to support Trump or the GOP at any level until they completely denounce and renounce Trump. Can we count on you to do this too?

He meant Fascist voices. They are far right radical fascists.

Says the man with a microphone and the whole MSM to report on his doings.

Say hello to your new boss, communists!!!

Conservatives are fine. Insurrectionists not so much.

REMOVE CRUZ TOO!

Being the President, he can call a press conference at any time. Nobody’s free speech has been touched.

tedcruz That’s not silencing conservative voices, it’s silencing the voice of a domestic terrorist.

Now do Ted Cruz.

twitter banning trump is not trying to silence conservative voices. it is to stop evil manipulative psychopaths from suggesting brain-dead zombies commit violent acts which end in the murder of cops doing their job. so much for being the 'party of Law and Order'

Brainwash of masses is criminal ideology. It is not the same as censorship. Disabling extremist violent ideologies is the same thing like we do when we take down foreign terrorist websites or illegal underage porn websites. These are entitled to free speech too ?

Shutting down incitements to overthrow the government is not 'silencing conservative voices.' But the WSJ knows that.

Fuck them in federal court! Twitter and FB far from what they are

The conservative voices seem to be confusing common decency as anti-conservatism. When did mutual respect & self-restraint become demonized by conservatives?

Nonsense. He should be looking over his shoulder. He will most likely be arrested.

Please support the initiative to demand tedcruz to resign for conspiracy against our democracy.

Trump is not a conservative. And his raid and murder last week silenced him.

What they don’t seem to comprehend is Jack is not a head of state like China or Russia. Freedom of speech argument is a false comparison.

Not conservative voices-people gathering to do more violence. How this man ever got elected is a mystery.

He seems significantly more outraged that he can’t dictate actions of a privately owned company then his about an armed mob that tired to upend an America election.

He attempted a coup. He sent an angry mob after his own VP.

Social media is still riddled with insane conspiracy-theorrorists spewing hate and defiance in the name of Trump. People like tedcruz are fear mongers prodding those crazies to keep them awake.

Jail him

Cruz should leave Tweeter, also leave senate and Texas. Canada is open.

Excuse me...so the conservative voices is to cause mayhem and attack an arm of Government in a democracy which you tedcruz is a member? SMH...

Play stupid games win stupid prizes. Of course it's a silence. The ban was warranted

“No shoes, no shirt, no service.” If you want to incite violence using a social media platform, remember they are a business with rules, and have a right to shut you down.

Before Twitter, the president of the United States have had ways of communicating with its people and the world. Twitter has their T&Cs and if they say he broke it, he broke it. It's their platform and private. He is free to go to another social medium if he wishes.

Don’t use conservative and Trump in the same sentence

Again, WSJ amplifies ridiculous GOP talking points without fact-checking them. The First Amendment is not meant to force private companies to amplify the government’s message. That’s state media. Republicans want state media.

Trump isn’t a conservative, he is a narcissistic power hungry Putin want to be. Why is lying Ted so attached to the man that gave him that label.

How is this Cruz: f%% you

It's almost as if there were some sort of really good reason for silencing these poor, misunderstood, unfairly maligned conservative voices.

You all speak with one voice. How many accounts do you need?

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