Trump calls Twitter, Facebook 'disgrace to our Nation,' urges Americans to abandon platforms

Former President Donald Trump, who is building his own social media solution, on Monday night called Twitter and Facebook a "disgrace to our Nation" for their continued censorship of conservative voices and implored Americans to abandon their platforms.

Trump's statement was released after a tumultuous 24-hour period in which freshman Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia was banned permanently from Twitter and given a 24-hour timeout on Facebook for information she posted on COVID-19.

"Twitter is a disgrace to democracy. They shouldn’t be allowed to do business in this Country," the former president said. "Marjorie Taylor Greene has a huge constituency of honest, patriotic, hard-working people. They don’t deserve what’s happened to them on places like low-life Twitter and Facebook.

He married his criticism with a call to action.

"Everybody should drop off of Twitter and Facebook. They’re boring, have only a Radical Left point of view, and are hated by everyone," he added. "They are a disgrace to our Nation. Keep fighting, Marjorie!"

Trump's new Truth social platform, being led by former congressman Devin Nunes, is set to debut later this year and has promised to be a censorship-free forum.

Twitter and Facebook, which banned Trump a year ago, say their penalties on users are designed to protect Americans from misinformation.