Nunes Whines About Twitter Trolls 'Targeting' Him, Says More Suits Coming

[DonViejo]

By Nicole Lafond
March 19, 2019 10:51 am

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) went on Fox News on Monday evening just after filing a lawsuit against Twitter and a few individual users — for, essentially, trolling him — to complain that he’s been targeted online and to perpetuate a conspiracy theory among conservatives that social media platforms are out to censor right-wing folks.

Nunes told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that his $250 million suit is the “first of many.” The former chair of the House Intelligence Committee said he was going after Twitter first because the social media website is the “main proliferator” in spreading “slanderous news.”

“The case we’re basically making is this was an orchestrated effort,” he said, after directing viewers to Fox News’ website to read the suit. “So people were targeting me, there (were) anonymous accounts that were developed. Look, there are not supposed to be — these accounts aren’t supposed to exist. Twitter says they don’t have accounts that do this.”

He went on to suggest that his personal cyberbullies was comparable to the Russian trolls who interfered with the 2016 election.

“But there were several fake news accounts, whether its regards to the Russian investigation or to me, and we have to hold all of these people accountable. Because if we don’t, our First Amendment rights are at stake here,” he said, bemoaning that Twitter allegedly “shadow-banned” him last summer.

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[MattP]

1. Would be funny if it didn't cost people money to defend themselves

[NewJeffCT]

14. I know - it's not just the money

if the person has to take time off from work to go to court to get the suit thrown out, it's still hurting them - they could have used that time for a sick day or to spend it with friends & family.

[KPN]

2. Lol. What a moron. He aspires to be like Trump. Following Trump's standard playbook. One problem

you little POS, you don't have the orange one's illicitly gained money to finance the play.

[handmade34]

3. seriously Nunes??

fallacious, fake news, etc.…. suing twitter?? is he serious? the #realdonaldtrump is the biggest perpetuator of this stuff... the first to go from twitter should be the person pretending to be the President of the US

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Obviously hasn't read the Constitution or its Amendments since his lawsuit is targeting ...

the first amendment rights of Americans to troll him, and being a 'public' figure, he's even more prone to trolling, as he well deserves.

I'd like to see Twitter and others countersue him, and add on court costs too.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. smirk-boy MAGAt is suing for more

Is there something magical about $250 million per lawsuit?
Whiny right-wing nutjobs want a quarter billion for fee-fee pain.

[Stinky The Clown]

6. Tough shit, cupcake

Nobody likes you. Not even your Mom.

[struggle4progress]

7. "Allow me to amend my complaint and add that I cannot take a frickin joke"

[Marcuse]

8. Snowflake

[allgood33]

9. Is anyone forced to join Twitter or to log in or to read tweets? Case dismissed!

[Initech]

10. Why do I get the feeling that John Oliver owns the "@DevinCow" account?

It sounds like something he would do!

[trueblue2007]

11. DEVIN NUNES sucks his own Oscar Meyer W

[Nitram]

12. Right wingers hate free speech almost a much as they hate democracy.

[TheBlackAdder]

13. He's doing the same thing as that whiney MAGAt.

[onethatcares]

15. aren't these assholes the same ones

that complain about frivolous lawsuits and want tort reform?