Bernie Sanders not ‘comfortable’ with Trump Twitter ban

伯尼·桑德斯对特朗普的推特禁令不“舒服”

作者:Jesse O’Neill     来源:New York, NY     阅读模式:只看译文

Senator Bernie Sanders said recently that he’s not “comfortable” with former President Trump’s Twitter ban, arguing it could lead suppression of users across the political spectrum. The Vermont Independent found common ground with many Republicans who accused the social media network of left-leaning bias and political censorship after they banned Trump in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack US Capitol riot. Sanders made the comments to New York Times columnist Ezra Klein Tuesday, after Trump aides announced the former president would soon return to social media with his own platform. “Look, you have a racist, sexist, xenophobe, pathological liar, an authoritarian, somebody who doesn’t believe in the rule of law. This is a bad news guy,” Sanders said. “But if you’re asking me do I feel particularly comfortable that the then-president of the United States could not express his views on Twitter? I don’t feel comfortable about that.” Sanders said Twitter should not be used “for authoritarian purposes and insurrection,” but added, “tomorrow it could be somebody else [getting banned] who has a very different point of view.” Twitter kicked Trump off the platform on Jan. 8, writing at the time: “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.” On Sunday, Trump aide Jason Miller said that Trump will be back on his own social media platform in “two or three months.” “It’s going to completely redefine the game, and everybody is going to be waiting and watching to see what exactly President Trump does, but it will be his own platform,” Miller told Fox News.

参议员伯尼·桑德斯最近表示,他对前总统特朗普的推特禁令感到“不舒服”,认为这可能会导致政治领域对用户的压制。
《佛蒙特州独立报》与许多共和党人找到了共同点,这些共和党人指责社交媒体网络存在左倾偏见和政治审查,因为他们在1月6号美国国会山骚乱后禁止了特朗普。
桑德斯星期二对《纽约时报》专栏作家克莱因发表了上述评论,此前特朗普的助手宣布,这位前总统不久将重返社交媒体,为自己站台。
“你看,你有一个种族主义者,性别歧视者,仇外心理者,病态的说谎者,一个专制者,一个不相信法治的人。这是个坏消息,“桑德斯说。“但如果你问我,当时的美国总统不能在推特上表达自己的观点,我会感到特别舒服吗?我对此感到不舒服,“
桑德斯说,推特不应该被用于“独裁目的和暴动”,但他补充说,“明天可能会有另一个观点截然不同的人(被禁止)。”
推特在1月8号将特朗普赶下了平台,当时写道:“在仔细审查了@realdonaldtrump账户最近的推文及其周围的环境之后–特别是这些推文在推特上和推特下是如何被接收和解读的–我们已经永久暂停了该账户,因为存在进一步煽动暴力的风险。”
周日,特朗普助手贾森·米勒表示,特朗普将在“两三个月后”回到自己的社交媒体平台上。
米勒在接受福克斯新闻采访时表示:“这将彻底重新定义游戏,每个人都将拭目以待,看特朗普总统到底会做什么,但这将是他自己的平台。”