‘Narcissistic and dangerous’: Stevie Wonder calls for removal of Trump
Stevie Wonder has called for “narcissistic and dangerous” President Donald Trump to be removed from office following riots in Washington DC.
The Superstition hitmaker watched the scenes of violence at the Capitol “in disbelief” and urged politicians via his Twitter account to invoke the 25th amendment – which legislates for the Vice President to take control if the Commander-in-Chief is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office” – and end Donald Trump’s term two weeks earlier than planned.
Stevie Wonder tweeted “I am heartbroken and astounded that this narcissistic and dangerous president would put lives in danger and encourage violent sedition against our government. That man is no longer able to serve as President because he can’t accept defeat. Can we afford 2 more weeks? I say NO!(sic)”
MORE CELEBS CONDEMN CAPITOL VIOLENCE
Cardi B highlighted the “irony” between the violent protests and the was peaceful Black Lives Matters protests were handled over the summer.
She tweeted: “The irony is pretty funny………weren’t people just wild animals in the summer for demanding justice and now? [thinking face emojis]……Let me just watch.(sic)”
Ashton Kutcher insisted there was nothing “patriotic” about the protesters’ conduct.
He wrote: “Support the peaceful transition of power!!!!!!!! That’s being a patriot!(sic)”
Mark Ruffalo insisted the actions had “been allowed”, despite widespread outrage.
He posted: “Imagine if this was our side. There would be rivers of our blood in the streets and not a single one of us would be armed. This has been allowed. #CoupAttempt (sic)”
Director Ava DuVernay highlighted images of the protesters inside the Captol buildings and contrasted them with Trump’s much-condemned speech in which he asked the group to leave as she branded them “terrorists”.
Selena Gomez condemned social media platforms and their executives for facilitating the behaviour which led to the riots.
She tweeted: “Toady is the result of allowing people with hate in their hearts to use platforms that should be used to bring together and allow people to build community.
“Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google, Mark Zukerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Jack Dorsey, Sundar Pichai, Susan Wojcicki – you have all failed the American people today, and I hope you’re going to fix things moving forward.”
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TAKE ACTION AGAINST TRUMP
Shortly after Trump posted his video message to the group – in which he continued to make allegations of election fraud and insisted the vote had been stolen from him – Twitter locked his account for 12 hours and warned any further violations would “result in permanent suspension.
The platform wrote: “As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy.
“This means that the account of @realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours following the removal of these Tweets. If the Tweets are not removed, the account will remain locked.”
Facebook and YouTube also removed Trump’s video to diminish “the risk of ongoing violence”, while both Facebook and Instagram have banned him from posting for 24 hours.
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