Donald Trump Mercilessly Mocked For Ranting About Censorship … In The Wall Street Journal

Trump ranted about being censored by social media companies such as Twitter and Facebook, who booted him from their platforms following his incitement of the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this year.

The former president is now seeking class-action lawsuits against the social media companies, alleging an infringement of his First Amendment rights.

If Facebook, Twitter and YouTube can censor me, they can censor you—and believe me, they are, writes Donald J. Trump https://t.co/bMFTFypGwm

— WSJ Editorial Page (@WSJopinion) July 8, 2021

Critics mocked the former president for using a piece in one of the country’s most-read newspapers to complain about not having a platform. They also criticized the conservative publication for publishing the piece in the first place, given Trump’s attempts to subvert democracy by overturning the 2020 election result:

Donald Trump is complaining about censorship by *checks notes* writing an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal.

Why won’t the WSJ host my op-eds? I AM BEING CENSORED!!!!

— Brandon Hieb (@AlmostFurious) July 8, 2021

“I’ve been silenced!” he wrote in the Wall Street Journal.

— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) July 8, 2021

I wanted to write an editorial for the Wall Street Journal. They didn’t let me. If they can censor me, they can censor you.

— Stressfully Numb (@Tecaterob) July 8, 2021

the first WSJ opinion written in crayon.

— ElJefe45 (@JeffM50196181) July 8, 2021

It’s not the biggest takeaway from Trump’s op-ed (the biggest has to do with what WSJ opinion has become) but it was still perplexing to me that Trump’s use of “illegal alien” wasn’t changed by an editor. AP stopped using the term in 2013, and many pubs have since followed suit.

— Brandon Ambrosino (@BrandonAmbro) July 8, 2021

tremendous article, the greatest article ever, so many words, only the best words …

— Tobias Burri (@tobias_burri) July 8, 2021

Should the WSJ editorial page be hosting someone they condemned for attempting to subvert democracy? Donald J. Trump: If Facebook, Twitter and YouTube can censor me, they can censor you—and believe me, they are. https://t.co/mwrLrSUTYm via @WSJOpinion

— Mona Charen (@monacharen) July 8, 2021

Donald J. Trump did not write a single word of this column.

WSJ really thinks we’re idiots. How about you stop platforming insurrectionists who’d rather destroy American democracy than share it with Black people?? Just a thought. https://t.co/1MdoLPaRQk

— DEMS in Disarray? 🤣 😎 🏳️‍🌈 (@DemsMoreUnited) July 8, 2021

“I’m being censored!” he screams in an op-Ed published in one of the biggest newspapers in the world. https://t.co/UZpgS6vrq4

— Jon Fassnacht (@JonFassnachtRE) July 8, 2021

“I’m being censored,” cries the former president in the 2nd widest circulated newspaper in America. Yup, that’s totally how censorship works. https://t.co/trZhkbBxhT

— Jon Robert Rathburne Eugene Harold 🏴🖤 (@boatloadsbaley) July 8, 2021

“I’m being censored” writes man in a guest column reprinted in one of the world’s largest newspapers. “My viewpoints aren’t being heard” he complains after coming from a weekly in-person political rally. pic.twitter.com/eNApN7VY7X

— mausmalone (@mausmalone) July 8, 2021

Hey WSJ, if he can “write” for a national newspaper, how is he “censored”?

— Ἑαυτὸντιμωρούμενος, Federico Chiesa stan account (@LeeSpring_) July 8, 2021