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"Would Trump have continued to use Twitter as a megaphone for dangerous lies, and would many of his supporters who have been banned or 'shadow banned' have committed crimes and scams in his name on the site if it had not been for people like Yoel Roth and the secret systems (that weren’t so secret) put in place to manage content?"

Let's not forget that Trump was already well into the zone of using Twitter for peddling stupid conspiracy crap BEFORE he ever ran for President in 2016. Just look back at the birtherism turds, and you'll have your answer about whether Twitter or "the Deep State" pushed him into Cuckoo Land. He was there all along, and just pulled a lot of America to where he had been sitting this whole time.

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That’s a rather long way of answering “yes”.

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"I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead."

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