Revealed: Trump had asked Twitter to remove Chrissy Teigen’s tweet calling him a ‘pussy ass bitch’
Much of the Republican argument against Twitter leading up to the hearing focused on the social media company’s alleged attempts to censor conservatives at the behest of Democratic party officials. While executives testified that Democratic lawmakers can flag violating content to Twitter for review, they aren’t the only ones. In fact, one of the more dramatic political takedown requests came not from a Democrat but from former President Donald Trump.
The Trump WH wanted Teigen’s tweet calling Trump a PAB taken down lol pic.twitter.com/WkyQoJ3zIP
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 8, 2023
In 2019, the former president allegedly reached out to Twitter and begged them to remove a tweet from online influencer Chrissy Teigen calling the president a “pussy ass bitch.” That tweet came in response to the president attacking Teigen’s husband John Legend and his “filthy-mouthed wife.” Teigen eventually deleted the tweet herself.
….musician @johnlegend, and his filthy mouthed wife, are talking now about how great it is – but I didn’t see them around when we needed help getting it passed. “Anchor”@LesterHoltNBC doesn’t even bring up the subject of President Trump or the Republicans when talking about….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 9, 2019
“We had received a request from the White House to make sure we evaluated this tweet, and that they wanted it to come down because it was a derogatory statement,” former Twitter safety policy team expert Anika Collier Navaroli testified.
