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‘House Of Cards’ Creator Asks Twitter To Remove Donald Trump’s Account

"Conspiracy theorist in chief?"

03/05/2017 12:32 pm ET | Updated 7 hours ago

Beau Willimon argues the president’s tweets pose “a national security threat.
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By Lauren Moraski


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Twitter should not give Trump an outlet to say “reckless things,” Beau Willimon contends.


“House of Cards” .. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/house-of-cards/ .. creator Beau Willimon has had it with Donald Trump .. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/donald-trump ’s tweets. So much so that the creator of Netflix’s White House drama pleaded with Twitter on Saturday to delete the president’s accounts.

In a series of pointed tweets of his own, Willimon charged that Trump’s Twitter presence poses a “national security threat,” adding that it “emboldens our enemies to take advantage of his flagrant shortcomings.”

Willimon noted that Twitter is “amazing” and that it “connects the world.” But he said, “That comes with its own responsibility: to do your part in protecting that world.”

One of the president’s tweets in particular appears to have prompted Willimon’s argument. Early Saturday morning, Trump alleged on Twitter ..

Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017

? without any proof ? that then-President Barack Obama had his “‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower” before the election. Willimon said that comment is just the “latest example” of why Trump’s account should be deleted.

See Willimon’s tweets below:

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Beau Willimon
@BeauWillimon

1. Today's tantrum is just the latest example of why @realDonaldTrump
& @POTUS must be removed from @Twitter. Here's my full argument...
5:55 AM - 5 Mar 2017

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Beau Willimon
@BeauWillimon

2. Only one person on @Twitter is President of the United States. That
comes with a supreme and unique responsibility unlike any other user.
5:56 AM - 5 Mar 2017

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Beau Willimon
@BeauWillimon

3. What the President tweets has real and significant impact on
the business of governance, world affairs and national security.
5:57 AM - 5 Mar 2017

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Beau Willimon
@BeauWillimon

4. President Trump has consistently made misleading claims, attacked
the judiciary and threatened sovereign states, the press & public.
5:57 AM - 5 Mar 2017

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Beau Willimon
@BeauWillimon

5. His tweets recklessly bypass diplomatic channels without
consultation from the State Department, IC or the Pentagon.
5:58 AM - 5 Mar 2017

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Beau Willimon
@BeauWillimon

6. Even as a private citizen it is arguable that he has violated Twitter
rules regarding violent threats, harassment and hateful conduct.
5:59 AM - 5 Mar 2017

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Beau Willimon
@BeauWillimon

7. Certainly in the unique position of @POTUS the repercussions
and intimations his tweets cross these lines.
6:00 AM - 5 Mar 2017

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Beau Willimon
@BeauWillimon

8. Today's outburst is broadcasting to foreign leaders his continuing
impulsiveness, recklessness, delusion & ignorance about gov't.
6:02 AM - 5 Mar 2017

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Beau Willimon
@BeauWillimon

9. That makes @RealDonaldTrump's tweets a national security threat. It
emboldens our enemies to take advantage of his flagrant shortcomings.
6:03 AM - 5 Mar 2017

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Beau Willimon
@BeauWillimon

10. For those who would argue that the removal of his account is a
violation of free speech, consider this...
6:04 AM - 5 Mar 2017

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Beau Willimon
@BeauWillimon

11. The WH has retaliated against the press by selectively locking them
out, called them "the enemy of the people" & ignored hard questions.
6:05 AM - 5 Mar 2017

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Beau Willimon
@BeauWillimon

12. But with his behavior on this service, Trump makes
the argument for himself being a liability to the people.
6:07 AM - 5 Mar 2017

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Beau Willimon
@BeauWillimon

13. The President is free to say whatever he wants, and has many
of ways of doing so, but no private company owes him an outlet.
6:07 AM - 5 Mar 2017

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Beau Willimon
@BeauWillimon

14. While you cannot prevent the President from saying reckless
things elsewhere, @Twitter is not obligated to facilitate that here.
6:08 AM - 5 Mar 2017

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Beau Willimon
@BeauWillimon

15. In fact, with your worldwide reach & impact on the media, you have
a duty to steer clear of accounts facilitating nat'l security threats
6:09 AM - 5 Mar 2017

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Beau Willimon
@BeauWillimon

16. @Twitter is amazing. It connects the world. That comes with
its own responsibility: to do your part in protecting that world.
/Thread
6:11 AM - 5 Mar 2017

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-of-cards-beau-willimon-trump-twitter_us_58bc2c08e4b0b99894182ed0

.. though it's unlikely to happen he makes a good case .. go, Beau Willimon!