2,350,000 Reasons George Soros Funded Group Wants to Ban Trump — Again

A group funded with over $2 million from liberal billionaire George Soros is demanding that Apple ban another free speech platform and throttle its reach — just like it did to Parler. 

Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington (CREW) urged Apple CEO Tim Cook to ban former President Donald Trump’s social media platform from the Apple App Store in an April 21 letter. Open Society Foundations data show that the group took in at least $2,350,000 of Soros’s money between 2017-2020. Truth Social is Trump’s social media platform that launched on Presidents Day as a freer alternative to mainstream platforms like Twitter. 

CREW postured itself as a “non-partisan organization dedicated to ensuring transparency and accountability” in its letter, despite the fact that Soros funds it. CREW leadership is left-leaning, which makes matters worse. TIME interviewed the former Chairman of CREW David Brock as “one of the most influential political operatives in the Democratic party,” according to InfluenceWatch.  

Written by CREW President Noah Bookbinder, the letter absurdly claimed that “Removing the Truth Social platform from the App Store is consistent with Apple’s pledge to ‘stand for democracy’ and prevent the promotion of extremist content.” Bookbinder justified his extreme pro-censorship position by repeating a mantra of the liberal media: Trump was partially responsible for the Jan. 6 “violent insurrection” at the United States Capitol. 

But Bookbinder didn’t stop there. “Every company that now enters into business with Trump must recognize that it is essentially endorsing this dangerous and anti-democratic conduct.”

Bookbinder used speculation even to back his argument against Trump and Truth Social. “Looking to the future, without proactive intervention, the Truth Social platform will likely lead to violations of Apple’s policies,” he wrote. This sounds like logic straight out of the movie. Minority Report (2002, 2002). The film depicted a dystopian future where police use psychic technology to arrest people before they commit a crime — not after. 

He also criticized Truth Social for a “lenient approach to content moderation,” which is a thinly veiled euphemism for saying Truth Social doesn’t like to censor people. “Recent history demonstrates that this lack of oversight can translate into the spread of dangerous disinformation, the coordinated mobilization of anti-democratic groups, and even the threat of violence,” the letter said.

CREW’s president applauded Apple for its previous censorship of right-leaning platforms and public figures, recalling the banning of Parler and InfoWars. “Today, Apple is once again positioned to set a positive example and to lead in corporate responsibility,” he beamed. 

Apple was not the only tech company to ban, censor and kill its ideologic opponents. Apple CEO Tim Cook nearly tied himself in knots defending his company’s decision to ban the social media platform Parler after the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Cook attempted to portray the move as “a straightforward decision.”

Conservatives are being attacked.AppleHQ can be reached at Call 408-996-1010 to demand Big Tech respect the First Amendment.