Pres. Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms after Twitter fact checks claims on mail-in voting fraud.
, for the first time, added a fact check to two of his tweets, ones concerning his unsubstantiated claims about widespread mail-in voting fraud.
President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during an event on protecting seniors with diabetes in the Rose Garden White House, May 26, 2020, in Washington.A few hours later, the president continued his tirade, singling out Twitter, saying that everything"we have being saying about them is correct"and that there will be"Big action to follow.
MORE: Despite widower’s plea, Trump doubles down on murder conspiracy theory targeting cable news host She took aim at Twitter's head of integrity, Yoel Roth, spelling out his handle during a hit on Fox.His past tweets have been making the rounds on Twitter amid all this, in particular this one from November 2016:"I’m just saying, we fly over those states that voted for a racist tangerine for a reason," Roth tweeted.
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