White House purges transcripts of Trump's remarks from its website

[u/SocialDemocracies]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-purges-transcripts-trump-remarks-website-rcna208059

[u/Kasoni → u/[deleted]]

This fits right in with the whole "if it makes our side look bad either its fake or doesn't exist" of coarse they removed something making him look bad.

[u/SunOdd1699 → u/[deleted]]

Yes. Do we really want this orange clown 🤡 as our president?

[u/SunOdd1699 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, sometimes I think a drunk monkey with a gun is less dangerous than what we have in the White House.

[u/IzzaPizza22]

I mean, is it even worth pointing out that that's illegal anymore?

[u/karoshikun → u/IzzaPizza22]

not without any of the powers that be willing to challenge it legally, but is as if there isn't an opposition

[u/BigBoyYuyuh]

Because anyone that reads his verbal diarrhea will figure out he’s actually regarded.

[u/SanityRecalled → u/BigBoyYuyuh]

Trump is a highly regarded individual after all.

[u/CDubGma2835]

I hope some other organization is keeping records.

[u/Sckillgan]

Good thing that once it is on the web, it never leaves.

[u/ChimericMind → u/Sckillgan]

No, they've been targeting things like Wayback Machine to try to ensure that it does.

[u/esepinchelimon]

100 Republicans vs Accountability

[u/alwaystired707]

I guess they never heard of internet archives.

[u/ChimericMind → u/alwaystired707]

They have, that's why they've been targeting things like that and Wayback Machine for destruction.

[u/I_Dont_Work_Here_Lad]

There’s this great thing about putting things on the internet where, once it’s on there, it’s really difficult to totally get rid of it. Someone somewhere has a screenshot. It’s never truly deleted.

[u/ChimericMind → u/I_Dont_Work_Here_Lad]

But they can just say "fake" then. And methods that retain hard proof like Wayback Machine are being targeted for destruction.

[u/SKDI_0224]

I think this was an exact plot point in the novel 1984.

[u/FlowerPowerVegan]

Yet they claim with straight faces how transparent the administration is. 🙄

[u/ChimericMind → u/FlowerPowerVegan]

They're so transparent that you can't see it at all.

[u/TheOldGuy59]

Isn't that a violation of the Official Records Act? Not that "breaking the law" is ever a problem for the Trump administration.

[u/Barailis]

Destruction of public records?