Trump’s Not the Only One Blocking Constituents on Twitter

MSgt John Taylor - True. They weren't drafted into office BUT because they are getting paid with public money (taxes) they are now held accountable to everyone, not just those people that voted for or support him and since everything they do or don't do is now a matter of public record, they don't get the luxury of separating their public nor private life as they now represent ALL of the people of that area, state and nation.

SSG Michael Hartsfield - I tend to agree with you. Teachers are held to a high standard, and we are told to be careful of social media because it can come back to bite us.

Presidents don't have their own lives. Every movement is monitored and scrutinized for four to eight years. Same with other elected officials - and they are all ELECTED into that office. They are not dictators nor kings/queens. If we say it's okay for them to start blocking people on social media, when does it end? What happens when they find a way to block the media? To block any disparaging comments? Don't say it can't happen because it has. For anyone to say Congress can't pass laws that restrict free speech - they have.

If someone is an elected representative or even nominated into the Cabinet they work for the US people. If you can't handle hearing from your constituents who put you into that position then maybe you shouldn't run for public office.

The debate is strong in these ones. Good points from both perspectives.

I totally disagree with this, he still is entitled to some portion of a private life. However we're discussing twitter, which is public. There is official channels for the Commander in Chief to communicate to the public (White House Press Secretary for example) and methods of private communications such as orders that Obama gave to take out Osama that weren't public. Therefore I disagree with your argument, he (as precedence had shown) can and will comminicate to, with and bow as he deems fit to "serve the public".

His private account yes, His POTUS account is not "his" account it belongs to a public official

Cpl Jeff N. - Look at ya.
Contrary to your long held belief, it's not about being
offended. It's about fairness and even-handedness. It's about being held accountable to the same standard as everyone else and not feeling that you are afforded some special privilege just because you are in some elected position.
Also, since you are on a roll with assuming today, I don't hope that Trump gets impeached. I hope that he fulfills the rest of this 3+year obligation so that 1) he can see just how hard being the president is when people don't like you or won't support you 2) that it can't or never will completely be all about him and lastly that he will know what it's like to be held accountable for not only what he does but for what he doesn't do AND know that he will never avoid being under a microscope or out of the spotlight, as everything he does or doesn't do is now a matter of US and world history

1stSgt Nelson Kerr - This is the best point! It is under a POTUS named account. He himself had said this is his official position to counter the "fake" news. Unfortunately these become policy statements.

SSG Michael Hartsfield - How is he being afforded special privilege if he blocks some from his twitter account? If he shut down his twitter account with that be unfair to everyone? I think you know there are people out there that will bombard twitter with spam like posts with vitriol and nasty tweets that add nothing to the dialogue. These are likely the people being blocked.

The comment about a move to impeach was meant as sarcasm but I bet someone on one of the major networks will suggest it before too much longer. They are wired that way.

I think all of those things about accountability he already knows. You don't get to where he was in the business world without learning some of those lessons. The Presidency is certainly a larger stage, the largest in the world, but the skills do transfer.

You still have not made a real case on why he cannot block users on his twitter account other than you don't like it, which is fine, but this is not a real issue, only a new fabrication of the next unacceptable offence by Trump against the civilized world, according to democrats.