If you’re familiar with Sacha Baron Cohen at all you’d know the actor, comedian, and activist isn’t afraid to push the envelope with his social commentary.
After a back and forth with President T***p at the end of last year, the 49-year-old is speaking out about the disgraced president’s recent social media ban following the attack on Capitol Hill.
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Recently, the United States of America went through something that will go down in the history textbooks.
Capitol Hill was recently stormed by rioters.
Just so you know, despite the fact that it has been attacked a few times over the past 200 years, it is the first time since 1814 that the building has been breached.
Since then, politicians, celebrities, and many civilians have been calling for T***p to step down.
Daniel Goldman, the former House Attorney tweeted:
“To be clear, T***p is a danger to democracy and our national security, and he must be removed immediately. He should resign, and if not, Pence should initiate removal through the 25th Am. The public and media should not accept Pence/the cabinet shirking their oaths.”
“Separately, the House should move forward with impeachment to set a clear precedent that T***p’s anti-democratic behavior will not be tolerated in the future, and to send that message to the world.”
“It is vital to reinforce our fundamental values through impeachment. The unfortunate reality, though, is that it is unlikely that impeachment and Senate conviction and removal can happen much before Jan 20 (even if McConnell moves quickly, as he can), which is why the 25th Amendment — not impeachment — is the appropriate avenue for removal.”
So honestly, it’s a long shot to assume he will step down. But T***p did have something pretty major taken away from him.
In the years that Donald T***p has been president, there have been a lot of times where he has made headlines for his tweets.
Sometimes because of a spelling mistake, and other times because he tweeted something controversial that some people (but not all) thought was inappropriate for a president to say.
But now, that has all changed.
As most of us are aware, the president has been banned from a host of social media platforms following the riots at Capitol Hill last week.
After posting a since-deleted video telling his supporters, “We love you, you’re very special,” during their attack at the Capitol, many sites felt the president should be banned for inciting violence.
After a 12-hour block, Twitter announced on Friday that the decision to remove the president had become permanent, banning T***p from Twitter entirely.
The official Twitter safety page reads, “We have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”
Facebook and Instagram have also banned T***p indefinitely.
While the decision to ban the president has been faced with some backlash, Sacha Baron Cohen couldn’t be more thrilled.
Taking to Twitter, T***p’s long-time critic expressed his excitement at the unprecedented move.
“This is the most important moment in the history of social media,” he began .
“The world’s largest platforms have banned the world’s biggest purveyor of lies, conspiracies and hate.”
He concluded: “To every Facebook and Twitter employee, user and advocate who fought for this–the entire world thanks you!”
Josh Gad was quick to turn the thanks around to Baron-Cohen, applauding his persistence in the effort to stop “misinformation and hate.”
Needless to say, it was a historic and monumental moment indeed.
Regardless of which side you are on, it’s clear that this will go down in history.
Some people are arguing that taking away T***p’s account goes against free speech.
But many were quick to point out that because Twitter is a private enterprise, it means that they can pretty much ban whoever they want.
This is something that obviously rubs people the wrong way, but ultimately, Twitter has the power to do as they please.
What do you think of the comedian’s tweet?
Do you think he was right or wrong?
Let us know in the comments below. We would love to hear from you. But remember, everyone, keep it civil!
Last Updated on January 11, 2021 by Anastasia Ross
