Twitter does the right thing for once, but.......

If they kept post counts on Twitter, President Trump would be, far and away, at the top of the list.

However, he's made it clear that if the social media platform tries to actually, you know, punish him for slandering others, such as presumptive Democratic candidate Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, or dredging up old news to further a grudge with MSNBC morning host Joe Scarborough, he'll try to shut it down, which he has no legal right to do.



So what brought this on?

The so-called "cold case" that Trump insists, wrongly, of course, was a cover-up.

When Scarborough was a Republican congressman from Florida, an assistant of his, Lori Klausutis, collapsed and died of a heart attack in Scarborough's office while Scarborough himself was in Washington. This happened several years ago, but Trump, with zero evidence to support his bogus claims, insists it was murder. Even the victim's husband is tired of this, and contacted Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Twitter at first expressed regrets and condolences, but would not remove Trump's tweets on the subject.

The problem there, of course, is that Twitter can benefit from a public figure like the President using their platform, for better or worse, and, until Tuesday, was in no hurry to punish him, knowing what would happen if they tried.

So what they did was issue fact checks on selected tweets. Kind of like what the Associated Press does on a weekly basis to decipher Trump's misguided rambling claims.

Naturally, this was the President's response:



To the average schmoe, it's just the ramblings of an old man who never has the facts in front of him, nor does he want them. Trump lashes out like an immature child because he can't handle criticism.

But, relax, people. Twitter's not going anywhere. Yes, Dorsey can be accused of enabling Trump to continue unfettered, and thus would be complicit. Trump resorts to these tactics to deflect attention from his bumbling response to COVID-19 and other matters, because he refuses to accept responsibility for his actions. Just like an immature child. His two oldest sons, Don, Jr., & Eric, play follow the leader and have similarly made false statements. There's a better chance of either one or both of those jackasses getting shut down by Twitter to send a much stronger message to their father.

We'll see if that happens.