A Washington Post reporter asked Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday what steps Biden plans to take to prevent Trump’s live X interview with Elon Musk from airing tonight.
President Trump has returned to X after a lengthy break from the platform, posting an epic campaign ad ahead of his much-anticipated interview with Elon Musk, set for Monday at 8 p.m. ET.
Washington Post reporter Cleve Wootson appears to be suggesting that the government should step in to stop Trump with only a few months left until election day.
“One more, Elon Musk is slated to interview Trump tonight on X. I don’t know if the president is going to — feel free to say if he is or not — but I think that misinformation on Twitter is not just a campaign issue, it’s an America issue. What role does the White House or the President have any sort of stopping that or stopping the spread of that or sort of intervening in that. Some of that was about campaign misinformation, but you know it’s a wider thing, right?” Wootson asked Karine Jean-Pierre.
Karine Jean-Pierre agreed with the leftist reporter, asserting that social media companies have a responsibility to censor what they determine to be misinformation.
“Yeah, no, I mean, you’ve heard us talk about this many times from here about the responsibilities that social media platforms have when it comes to misinformation, disinformation. I don’t have anything to read out from here about specific ways that we’re working on it, but we believe that, that they have the responsibility,” Karine Jean-Pierre said.
KJP added, “These are private companies, so we’re also mindful of that too, but look, I think it is incredibly important to call that out as you’re doing. I just don’t have any specifics on what we have been doing internally as it relates to the interviews, not something that I’m tracking, and I’m sure the President’s not tracking it either.”
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The Washington Post’s Cleve Wootson: “One more, @ElonMusk is slated to interview [@realDonaldTrump] tomorrow — tonight on — on @X. I don't know if the president is going to — feel free to say if he is or not — but I — I think that misinformation on Twitter is not just a campaign… pic.twitter.com/zKxJNF1zbf
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 12, 2024
Desperate leftists are working overtime to try to silence President Trump ahead of his highly anticipated interview with Elon Musk.
On Monday, European Union officials, led by Thierry Breton, sent a letter to Elon Musk, demanding that he censor President Trump during their interview on X later that night.
With great audience comes greater responsibility #DSA
— Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) August 12, 2024
As there is a risk of amplification of potentially harmful content in 🇪🇺 in connection with events with major audience around the world, I sent this letter to @elonmusk
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