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highplainsdem

(48,650 posts)
Fri Nov 20, 2020, 08:33 PM Nov 2020

Twitter will hand @POTUS to Biden on Inauguration Day, even if Trump doesn't concede

Source: Politico

The presidential @POTUS Twitter handle will automatically transfer to President-elect Joe Biden the moment he’s sworn in at noon on Inauguration Day — whether or not President Donald Trump has conceded, the company confirmed to POLITICO on Friday.

Same goes for @whitehouse, @VP, @FLOTUS, and a handful other official accounts associated with the presidency.

“Twitter is actively preparing to support the transition of White House institutional Twitter accounts on January 20th, 2021,” Twitter spokesperson Nick Pacilio said in an email. “As we did for the presidential transition in 2017, this process is being done in close consultation with the National Archives and Records Administration.”

The handover requires no sharing of information between the outgoing Trump team and incoming Biden team, according to the company. All existing tweets on those accounts will be archived and Twitter will transfer the accounts — reset to zero tweets — to the Biden White House that day.

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/20/twitter-trump-transition-biden-potus-438880

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Twitter will hand @POTUS to Biden on Inauguration Day, even if Trump doesn't concede (Original Post) highplainsdem Nov 2020 OP
💥 There it is. CottonBear Nov 2020 #1
Ha! soothsayer Nov 2020 #2
For the orange one... 2naSalit Nov 2020 #3
The end!! LeftInTX Nov 2020 #4
... and The Beginning, "set to zero tweets." JudyM Nov 2020 #8
And Trump will be banned, hopefully, that day. joshcryer Nov 2020 #5
As I always assumed this would be handled discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2020 #6
Well THAT makes it... hwmnbn Nov 2020 #7
and hopefully suspend the @realdonaldtrump for hate speech mdbl Nov 2020 #9
Twitter, Facebook and the other social media DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #19
I pray the Biden admin decides to never use twitter, re-set the ridiculous norm that Trump created flibbitygiblets Nov 2020 #10
I don't mind using it Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #15
Agreed! I do like the prospect of using the twitter account to berate the Trumps mdbl Nov 2020 #18
Completely disagree. It's a means of communication. NYC Liberal Nov 2020 #20
Completely untrue. mdbl Nov 2020 #21
And that all has nothing to do with the medium. NYC Liberal Nov 2020 #22
Dump will never, ever concede thenelm1 Nov 2020 #11
... trusty elf Nov 2020 #12
Oh WOW.. I wondered how Twitter could Cha Nov 2020 #13
I really hope that we see the end of Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #14
Twitter should take away his blue check. Sugar Smack Nov 2020 #16
Trump's twitter account will no longer be given special "world leader" consideration, AND... NurseJackie Nov 2020 #17
At least someone is doing the right transition ck4829 Nov 2020 #23

2naSalit

(85,637 posts)
3. For the orange one...
Fri Nov 20, 2020, 08:50 PM
Nov 2020

That will be the determining factor when he finally loses it and spontaneously combusts.


DeminPennswoods

(15,240 posts)
19. Twitter, Facebook and the other social media
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 10:08 AM
Nov 2020

sites should just turn off the capability on that account for "likes", "retweets", etc. and to copy the tweet text or link to it. Trump can post whatever he wants, but the message won't be amplified.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
10. I pray the Biden admin decides to never use twitter, re-set the ridiculous norm that Trump created
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 12:24 AM
Nov 2020

Ruling by tweet has denigrated the office of the presidency. What kind of shit-hole country conducts official business over a social media platform? Trump fired high-ranking government officials over fucking Twitter for God's sake. The office of the presidency of the United States should not provide its gravity and honor to some commercial app. Especially one that has failed to behave responsibly by allowing Trump to violate their rules. Biden/Harris should not use Twitter at all; the office of the Presidency has more dignified and appropriate means of public communication anyway.

Turin_C3PO

(13,574 posts)
15. I don't mind using it
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 08:25 AM
Nov 2020

along with traditional media for official announcements but I do agree that Biden shouldn’t and won’t use it to pontificate on various matters. Maybe if the Bidens got a new cat or dog or something, they could use Twitter for a light hearted comment but other than a situation like that, yeah, it shouldn’t be used.

mdbl

(4,972 posts)
18. Agreed! I do like the prospect of using the twitter account to berate the Trumps
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 10:07 AM
Nov 2020

on a daily basis. Just assign that to a few aids. LOL I know, it's just a fantasy but it would be so entertaining.

NYC Liberal

(20,132 posts)
20. Completely disagree. It's a means of communication.
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 11:03 AM
Nov 2020

Just like radio when it first came out and then television. Neither of those mediums are inherently more dignified.

mdbl

(4,972 posts)
21. Completely untrue.
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 05:16 PM
Nov 2020

Journalism was held to a certain standard that for many decades was followed properly. It wasn't until the last 30 years it has gone on a slow swirl down the toilet and social media is just a big free for all for liars and big mouths. The bigger the mouth the more the attention, just like in talk radio.

thenelm1

(840 posts)
11. Dump will never, ever concede
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 12:51 AM
Nov 2020

It's just not in him. He will go to his grave screaming about how he was robbed. And yes, he is that big of an ass. It's completely inconceivable to him that he was the loser. (Of course he was a loser last time too, except for the EC.) He thinks of himself as gawd's gift to - something.

On the plus side, he at least hasn't taken his whine show on the road to gin up his supporters for mayhem. He's too self-absorbed in his personal wallowing in his self pity-fest to even leave the WH.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
14. I really hope that we see the end of
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 06:58 AM
Nov 2020

Trumpy Bear’s Twitter account and the end of government by tweet or the use of @Potus for anything.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
17. Trump's twitter account will no longer be given special "world leader" consideration, AND...
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 10:03 AM
Nov 2020

... after a couple of warnings he will likely be banned from Twitter. He won't be able to control himself.

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