Conservative lawyer George Conway sounded the alarm on Thursday about the decision of the tech giant Meta to allow Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram even though he still has a figurative “cache of matches and gasoline” to fuel another rebellion – and has “lost touch with reality.”
“It was a shocking decision” after Facebook banned Trump two years ago for his role in the violent Capitol uprising, Conway said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
“He thought, ‘Well, the fire’s out … Let him play with the match again,'” Conway added.
“It’s ridiculous because if you look at what they say every day on the Truth Social website, they’re worse than they were a few years ago. They’ve lost touch with reality,” Conway said.
Trump was kicked out of Facebook “indefinitely” after violence erupted when Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. The company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement that it was “clear” that Trump “intends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful transition of power.” and legally to his chosen successor, Joe Biden.
“Risk permitting [then] The president to continue to use our service … it’s just great,” added Zuckerberg.
Now, Trump’s ban will be lifted in the “coming weeks,” Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, said in a statement Wednesday. He said the risk Trump poses to public safety has “reduced enough.”
Clegg promised that Trump’s future posts would be limited by “new safeguards to prevent repeat breaches” of the policy.
“If it happens that Mr Trump posts more offending content, that content will be removed and he will be suspended for between one month and two years, depending on the severity of the offence,” Clegg added.
Check out the full MSNBC story, with Conway’s remarks at 3:20: