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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,957 posts)
Sun Jul 11, 2021, 12:30 PM Jul 2021

TFG craps his pants on Fox News, says it's a victory for free speech

Former President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed optimism that his legal action against social media companies will be a victory for the Constitution.

“They are immune so many different things, but they're not immune from the lawsuit,” he said of Silicon Valley during a conspiracy-laden interview on “Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo” on the Fox News Channel.

“What they have done is such a violation of the Constitution,” he said, “a violation like we've never seen before. They take me down, they take all conservative voices down or most of them. They find them and they take them down. It's a disgrace.”

The former president filed a series of class-action lawsuits Wednesday accusing leading social media companies of illegally censoring him.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-his-class-action-lawsuits-are-a-victory-for-free-speech/ar-AAM1k2r

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TFG craps his pants on Fox News, says it's a victory for free speech (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 OP
And this guy KNOWS how to violate the Constitution underpants Jul 2021 #1
bwahahaha... good one. :) msfiddlestix Jul 2021 #11
My goodness Sherman A1 Jul 2021 #2
He knows more about the Constitution than any other person alive FakeNoose Jul 2021 #18
"A lot of legal scholars are saying it's about time," he said. Me. Jul 2021 #3
You know he's talking about BGBD Jul 2021 #5
I Said Real Me. Jul 2021 #14
jeebusss. he needs to get onethatcares Jul 2021 #4
Where madamesilverspurs Jul 2021 #6
Oh dear, seems a cast member from One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest has asiliveandbreathe Jul 2021 #7
He still doesn't get what this means for him. He hasn't got a chance in hell of succeeding and Vinca Jul 2021 #8
His target is sec 230 and he doesn't care if it's struck down in lower courts WarGamer Jul 2021 #16
Justices Gorsuch and Thomas call to revisit landmark First Amendment case. This is why the lawsuit Fullduplexxx Jul 2021 #19
He can file a class-action suit, but Nictuku Jul 2021 #9
There's no way in hell this "class" will ever be certified as such. Ocelot II Jul 2021 #12
What's there to sue over? He broke the rules and got banned for it. Initech Jul 2021 #10
"Because It Happened To ME!!!!" ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #13
So, he wants more government control over private business. Chainfire Jul 2021 #15
"A lot of legal scholars" are about to get disbarred. Marcuse Jul 2021 #17
Just a couple of notes -misanthroptimist Jul 2021 #20

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
7. Oh dear, seems a cast member from One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest has
Sun Jul 11, 2021, 12:57 PM
Jul 2021

escaped...pick one, henny one!!! But then, his flock will just see the word "victory" and think he won..duh!!!!!

Vinca

(50,269 posts)
8. He still doesn't get what this means for him. He hasn't got a chance in hell of succeeding and
Sun Jul 11, 2021, 01:02 PM
Jul 2021

along the way he may be sitting for hours under oath being deposed about his reasons for being removed from social media. I imagine after he milks this for a few mil from the cult he'll call it a day and withdraw the suit.

WarGamer

(12,440 posts)
16. His target is sec 230 and he doesn't care if it's struck down in lower courts
Sun Jul 11, 2021, 02:25 PM
Jul 2021

He will take it to SCOTUS where at least TWO Judges have commented in favor of classifying social media as "State actors"

Fullduplexxx

(7,860 posts)
19. Justices Gorsuch and Thomas call to revisit landmark First Amendment case. This is why the lawsuit
Sun Jul 11, 2021, 03:39 PM
Jul 2021

Justice Thomas Wants SCOTUS to Revisit Statute Granting Social Media Platforms Protection from Users' Content
BY JASON LEMON ON 10/13/20 AT 3:01 PM EDT

Justices Gorsuch and Thomas call to revisit landmark First Amendment case New York Times v. Sullivan
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter
Updated 11:13 AM EDT, Fri July 02, 2021

If the 1st court rules against him and the appeals court rules against him the s.c. would if they adhered to past practice bot hear the case . But this has gop coordination all over it so the may.

Nictuku

(3,609 posts)
9. He can file a class-action suit, but
Sun Jul 11, 2021, 01:05 PM
Jul 2021

it is not actually a class-action suit until.....

Although a lawsuit may be filed and proposed as a class action, it doesn't officially become a class action until the judge in the case issues a ruling known as class certification. In granting class certification, the judge is giving the go-ahead for the case to proceed as a class action.


https://www.classaction.org/learn/faqs

Ocelot II

(115,684 posts)
12. There's no way in hell this "class" will ever be certified as such.
Sun Jul 11, 2021, 01:19 PM
Jul 2021

He's trying to get people to sign up as members of this class that will never happen in order only to hit them up for contributions.

Chainfire

(17,536 posts)
15. So, he wants more government control over private business.
Sun Jul 11, 2021, 02:13 PM
Jul 2021

That may work out, maybe I will demand equal time on Fox.

-misanthroptimist

(810 posts)
20. Just a couple of notes
Sun Jul 11, 2021, 04:48 PM
Jul 2021

A. Trump knows nothing about the Constitution (or much of anything else, for that matter).
B. The social media companies aren't government, therefore, they aren't violating the Constitution.
C. He violated their TOS.
D. Everything with idiot Trump is "like we've never seen before."
E. He is always a victim in what passes for his mind.
F. Everything he doesn't like is "a disgrace."

He's a complete moron.

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