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Donald Trump’s Twitter Account Has Been Restored

Elon Musk restores former president's account after posting Twitter poll

Kevin Alexander
2 min readNov 20, 2022

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The roller coaster at Twitter continued Saturday when Elon Musk resorted Donald Trump’s Twitter account. The former president had been suspended from the platform in the wake of the January 6th insurrection.

The people have spoken

~Elon Musk

The account was restored after Elon Musk posted a poll on the social media website asking users if they felt Trump’s account should be restored.

Over 15 million people voted, with the 51.8% voting in favor.

Musk has long advocated for the platform to be an unrestricted haven for free expression, and spoken out against permanent bans.

Several groups expressed alarm at the move. In a statement, the NAACP said in part:

“In Elon Musk’s Twittersphere, you can incite an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, which led to the deaths of…

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Kevin Alexander
Kevin Alexander

Written by Kevin Alexander

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