Trump announces lawsuit against Facebook, Google and Twitter
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How on earth would that have helped? Even if it dealt a blow to twitter they'd be back to normal by now, and Parler would still be dead. (having banned him to comply with Apple and Amazon)
It would have forced the press onto Parler. Twitter essentially has two user bases, twitter leftists and politicos/the media/establishment. Trump would have dragged the press and other Republicans onto Parler, and with them, all the TDS suffering leftists probably would have opened accounts as well in order to dunk on Trump. That would have created enough of a critical mass that Amazon would not have yeeted Parler for fear of the backlash. As it was, it was only a group of conservatives using Parler and Amazon doesn't give a single fuck about taking down a platform that only conservatives use.
Also for the courts to take you seriously you have to show harm. Parler wasn't a realistic alternative, but opening an account would have been seen as an admission that he believed it was - giving them an excuse to dismiss the case.
This suit will go nowhere. These platforms have been sued by many others over the past few years for a variety of reasons including free speech, censorship, etc. and they've all been shot down in court. Here is one such example. This suit is a publicity stunt to rally the base.
100% a stunt to squeeze more donations out of his gullible base. Grifters gonna grift.