It is “clear” that President Trump’s hypocritical Twitter censorship, and not that of Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is about the upcoming presidential election in November, deputy State Department envoy Ellie Cohanim said on Friday.
In an interview on “Fox & Friends”, Cohanim explained that he was born in Iran and that his family had to flee the country during the 1979 Islamic Revolution and growing anti-Semitism.
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“So I can tell you that I personally understand the threat that … Ayatollah Khamenei represents for the Jewish people and for the world,” he said.
Cohanim, the deputy special envoy fighting anti-Semitism, said the social media giant’s double standard is exposed as they continue to give a platform to a “despot” who has called for genocide and instead censure Trump.
“The hypocrisy is so strong that it is clear to me, Pete, that it is one thing and one thing only, and that it is the elections to be held in the United States on November 3,” said “Friends” host Pete. Hegseth.
On Wednesday, Twitter defended its decision to point to President Trump’s tweet about violent protests, but not Iran’s calls for violence against Israel, suggesting to the Israeli legislature that the latter fell under its protections for “comments on political issues of the day. “
“So calling genocide is fine, but not commenting on politics?” Knesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh asked Ylwa Pettersson on Twitter.
Pettersson responded by suggesting Trump was risking violence, an apparent reference to his post on the ongoing unrest surrounding the death of George Floyd. He added that Twitter did not completely remove the post because it wanted to ensure that “citizens can see what their political figures are saying and hold them accountable for what they say online.”
“I think what comes up again and again through different examples is actually a double standard feeling, and I would implore Twitter and other online platforms to ensure … there is no double standard in the app,” Cotler replied. -Wunsh.
Four Republican senators are asking Twitter to ban certain Iranian leaders from their platform. In a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, lawmakers noted that allowing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to be a violation, maintaining their accounts violates US sanctions. (AP Photo / Matt Rourke, File)
In a statement to Fox News, a Twitter spokesperson echoed Pettersson’s claims.
“Direct interactions with other public figures, comments on political issues of the time, or foreign policy noise … generally do not violate the Twitter Rules,” they wrote Thursday. “However, if a Tweet from a world leader violates the Twitter Rules but there is a clear public interest value to keep the Tweet in service, we can put it behind a notice that provides context about the violation …”
“Pete, you know, I’ll tell you something. Never, not once, has there been any consequence of Khamenei’s hatred and vitriol throughout Twitter,” Cohanim reacted. “His vitriol dates back to 2014 when he presented a nine-step plan to eliminate Israel.”
“What is Donald Trump trying to do?” she asked. “He has tried to communicate with the American people about advances in healthcare with COVID. He has tried to speak to the American people about preserving our safety. And, therefore, he is being censored.”
Cohanim noted that as a legal immigrant, she came to the United States for “freedom” and “freedom.”
“What these social media companies are doing is chasing our thought process. They are like the thought police. They are trying to limit our freedom,” he said.
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“They are trying to limit our abilities to be free Americans. And what President Donald Trump is doing is fighting for our freedom,” Cohanim concluded.
Fox News’ Sam Dorman contributed to this report.
