Rep. Adam Schiff says reinstating Trump on Twitter was a 'terrible mistake': 'It just underscores the erratic leadership of Twitter now under Musk'
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- Adam Schiff said on Sunday that reinstating former President Trump suspended Twitter account was a "terrible mistake."
- Schiff said that it contradicted Elon Musk's plans for the future of Twitter.
- Trump said on Saturday that he has no reason to return to Twitter.
Rep. Adam Schiff said on Sunday that reinstating former President Trump suspended Twitter account was a "terrible mistake."
"As we showed in the January 6th hearings, the president used that platform to incite that attack on the Capitol, his comments about the vice president, his own vice president, put Mike Pence's life in danger," Schiff said on ABC's "This Week,"
"He showed no remorse about that. He continues to lie about his actions on that day," Schiff continued.
After nearly two years of being suspended on Twitter, Elon Musk reinstated Trump's account on Saturday after he was banned from the platform following January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
This decision came after Musk conducted a poll on Friday asking users if they wanted to see the former President back on Twitter, to which a slim majority voted yes.
Schiff said that Trump's reinstatement contradicts Musk's promises for the future of Twitter.
"And it contradicts what Elon Musk said that he was going to establish a counsel to evaluate this and further contradicts Musk and his claimed concern about bots on his own platform to subject the decision to a poll (ph) on the platform that could be easily abused that way," Schiff said.
"It just underscores the erratic leadership of Twitter now under Musk, but also the security concerns, with security people fleeing Twitter and what that means for the protection of Americans' private data," Schiff added.
Speaking via video to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, the former President said on Saturday that he sees no reason to rejoin Twitter and will remain on TRUTH social.
"Truth Social is doing very well. I'll be staying there," Trump said."I don't see any reason for it, they have a lot of problems at Twitter, you see what's going on.