President Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign has created an account on former President Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social. Officials with Biden’s campaign said this is an effort to meet voters where they are.
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In the first post on Truth Social on Monday, Oct.16, Biden’s campaign team wrote, “Converts welcome!” The team sees it as a chance to flip any unsure voters blue, as division ripples through the Republican Party.
Trump launched his social platform in April 2022, after he was banned from other social media following the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol for inciting violence.
“After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter officials wrote.
After previous reports said it would not join Truth Social, the Biden campaign indicated on X that it joined the conservative platform mainly because it thought it would be “very funny.”
Biden edged out a narrow victory over Trump in the 2020 election, winning just a few battleground states. The move to Truth Social could help the Biden campaign sway some uncertain voters and go a long way in the 2024 presidential election.
As of Tuesday morning, Oct. 17, Biden’s reelection account has more than 14,000 followers.
A SURPRISING TWIST AHEAD OF THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION – HAPPENED YESTERDAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN HAVE JOINED TRUTH SOCIAL – THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM STARTED BY FORMER PRESIDENT AND GOP FRONTRUNNER DONALD TRUMP.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT LAUNCHED THE SITE IN 20-22 AFTER BEING BLOCKED FROM OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS.
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN EXPLAINED THEIR REASONING FOR JOINING TRUTH SOCIAL – IN A POST ON ANOTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM – X – SAYING QUOTE “WE JOINED TRUTH SOCIAL, MOSTLY BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY.”
TRUTH SOCIAL OFFICIALS TELLING FOX NEWS – IT IS A “FREE AND OPEN PLATFORM” – AND “WELCOMES ANYONE TO JOIN.”
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN’S FIRST POST ON TRUTH SOCIAL READ “WELL. LET’S SEE HOW THIS GOES. CONVERTS WELCOME.”
AS OF THIS MORNING, THE ACCOUNT HAS OVER 14 THOUSAND FOLLOWERS.
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