Google yanked Parler from its app store Friday in light of “continued posting… that seeks to incite ongoing violence in the U.S.” Amid ongoing calls for President Donald Trump to face accountability for his role in encouraging Wednesday’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, Google announced Friday that it pulled from its app store Parler—a social media platform described as “where the […]
Fully 79% of all respondents, including two-thirds of Republicans and Trump voters, described the president’s supporters who attacked the Capitol on Wednesday as “criminals” or “fools.” A majority of Americans want President Donald Trump removed from office after he played a leading role in inciting Wednesday’s deadly right-wing mob attack on the U.S. Capitol, according […]
As Congress and President Donald Trump’s Cabinet face mounting pressure to immediately remove him from office for inciting a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Twitter announced Friday that it is permanently suspending the president’s personal account, @realDonaldTrump, for violating the platform’s rules. “After close review of recent tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them—specifically how they […]
U.S. President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, announced her resignation Thursday, the first Cabinet secretary to resign because of Wednesday’s deadly invasion of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters. Chao, the wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is a close Trump political ally, said she was “deeply troubled” by […]