Donald Trump Was Forced To Unblock Twitter Critics. Now They're Getting Sweet Revenge.
President Donald Trump ― or whoever has access to his Twitter account ― apparently spent part of Tuesday evening unblocking users.
Since taking office, Trump has blocked a number of people for criticizing him or even just cracking jokes at his expense, including celebrities such as model Chrissy Teigen and author Stephen King.
However, in May, a federal judge said Trump’s blocks were unconstitutional as his Twitter feed was a public forum which “has been used in the course of the appointment of officers (including cabinet secretaries), the removal of officers and the conduct of foreign policy.”
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Although the Justice Department announced in June that it would appeal, earlier this month, Knight asked the White House to unblock an additional 41 accounts. On Tuesday night, that happened ― at least for some of them.
Knight is now asking others who have been Trump-blocked to get in touch.
Comedy writer Bess Kalb took a moment to savor the victory:
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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-twitter-unblock_us_5b860c92e4b0511db3d2c7b0
Then, newly unblocked by Trump, she turned around and blocked him instead:
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