Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (KY-06) released the following statement after Twitter announced its permanent ban of U.S. President Donald Trump and other conservatives from its platform:
“I am outraged that an American social media company permanently banned a U.S. President and other conservatives from its platform while the Ayatollah of Iran, the Leader of the Nation of Islam and many officials from the Chinese Communist Party operate freely on their platform.
“Banning conservative Twitter accounts and recent attempts to try and cancel or remove conservative books from Amazon and other online retailers will not bring our country together. Instead, these efforts put us on a path towards implementing the Chinese Communist Party’s social credit system, where access to online platforms, public spaces and much more hinges on expressing the acceptable political views.
“This is totally un-American, and I urge Americans to unify around the Constitution, Bill of Rights and fully embrace the free exchange of ideas that is a bedrock principle of our American Republic.”