The Twitter platform stops Trump's personal account and accounts linked to the president
Biden announces his priorities and leaves the impeachment issue to Congress
Biden stressed during a press conference that the priority would be to accelerate vaccination against "Covid-19".
Reuters
The US President-elect, Joe Biden, announced that, as of next week, he would lay down "the foundations for the next economic aid package," stressing the need to move quickly.
While Biden declined to say whether he believed that the outgoing Republican president, Donald Trump, should be removed from power less than two weeks before his departure from power, Twitter permanently deleted Trump's account, due to the possibility that he would incite more violence, two days later. A crowd of supporters stormed the Congress building.
In detail, the Democratic President-elect, Joe Biden, who was introducing the last key member of his economic team, spoke in detail from his stronghold in Wilmington, Delaware, about the seriousness of the situation after he issued, the day before yesterday, a report on jobs that was worse than expected with many jobs lost for the time. The first since April.
These employment numbers, the most recent in the Trump era, are evidence that “we must immediately provide additional support to workers' families and businesses. It is necessary to spend money now,” according to what the president-elect said. “I will be here (in Wilmington) next Thursday. , In order to present this aid plan in detail.
Biden stressed, during a press conference, that the priority will be to accelerate vaccination against "Covid-19", in addition to that there is a need for "tens of billions of dollars", to enable local and national authorities to maintain the jobs of teachers, police, firefighters and public health workers. .
Yesterday, the Ministry of Labor said that the month of December witnessed the loss of 140,000 jobs, especially in the fields of entertainment, hospitality and private education.
Biden continued: "In the midst of this epidemic, there are millions of unemployed people who are unable to pay their rents or pay their loans."
"We need to rebuild our economy better," said Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
Biden chose Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raymondo, Secretary of Commerce, and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh as Labor Secretary, and former Barack Obama administration official Isabel Guzman to lead the small business agency.
Joe Biden declined to say whether he believed President Trump should be impeached less than two weeks before his departure from power.
Biden said at a press conference: "I thought for a long time that President Trump was not suitable to take the position, this is why I ran."
After that, he directed his speech to Congress, saying, "It is up to them (the members of Congress) to decide what they decide."
When asked about Trump's statement earlier, that he will not attend Biden's inauguration, he replied, saying that "it would be a good thing not to attend."
Representatives in Congress are currently discussing whether to put the articles of impeachment for a vote in the House of Representatives, after supporters of Trump stormed the Congress building, last Wednesday.
The President of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, called on President Trump, the day before yesterday, to resign.
Pelosi said that unless Trump submits his resignation, she has instructed the House Rules Committee to proceed with the impeachment proposal and enact legislation based on the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution, which provides for the removal of the president if he is unable to fulfill his duties.
Pelosi described Trump, the day before yesterday, as "dysfunctional", and said that Congress must do everything in its power to protect Americans from Trump, even though his presidential term is about to end on January 20.
For its part, Twitter said yesterday that it has permanently suspended Trump's account due to the risk of further incitement to violence, and forbade him to communicate with his followers, who reach nearly 90 million followers.
The company added, "After carefully reviewing the recent tweets of Donald Trump's account and the circumstances surrounding them, we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement to violence."
The blogging platform "Twitter" continued its attempts to stop Trump from communicating with his supporters via the Internet, by removing tweets and blocking accounts related to the outgoing president.
After Twitter permanently suspended the personal account of Trump, the latter said that he might launch a new competition platform, and that he "is negotiating with many other websites."
Trump published his comments from the Presidential "Potos" account (the President of the United States of America), which is separate from Trump's personal account.
Twitter removed the tweets from the "Potos" account after a short period, then blocked the "Tim Trump" campaign account (Trump's team).
Later, Trump used an official government account on "Twitter" to criticize the company, heading to talking to the "great patriots" who voted for him, who numbered 75 million, and said, "We will not be silenced," and Twitter quickly deleted the posts.
Biden: Trump was not the right fit for the job, which is why I ran.
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