Congressman Paul Gosar has slammed Google for failing to respond promptly after one of its employees allegedly tweeted a call to violence against supporters of President Trump.
The tweet was originally discovered by journalist Mike Cernovich and appears to have been sent by Google employee Vinicius Carvalho.
Why is a Google employee inciting violence against Trump voters? @DonaldJTrumpJr @tedcruz @DrPaulGosar pic.twitter.com/kf7JkNEZrr
The tweet read:
“Do you support Trump? No? Look to your left, does that person does? No? So it's the one on the right, go ahead and please punch that person in the face.”
Shortly after Cernovich shared the tweet, Carvalho deleted his Twitter account.
Since publication of my article, the @Google_Comms employee who advocated violence against Trump supporters has deleted his Twitter account.
Story here:https://t.co/O7n62TECpQ pic.twitter.com/lTPGfTLXV0
— Gen Flynn supporter Cernovich (@Cernovich) November 7, 2019
Cernovich has requested a comment from Google but so far they have failed to respond.
Congressman Paul Gosar slammed Google's silence on the matter and said that failing to respond results in this type of behavior being normalized.
Without a prompt response from Google this becomes normalized and condoned. https://t.co/CEUAqoAPEA
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) November 7, 2019
Other Twitter users have also condemned Google for failing to address the call to violence by one of its employees.
A true coward. Posts advocating for violence, then runs and hides when called out on it. I wouldn't expect anything else from @Google https://t.co/kJv9rU1NTC
— Ironic Keyboard (@ironic_keyboard) November 7, 2019
https://twitter.com/cernovich/status/1192556060705349632
Cernovich added that he isn't advocating for the employee to lose his job but hopes that both he and Google apologize.
He looks like a good family man. I would be happy with an apology. People say stupid shit. I don't support cancel culture especially if people who have children.
I hope he and Google apologize and he keeps his job, and goes forward with more empathy. https://t.co/EnLG8mXvWO
— Gen Flynn supporter Cernovich (@Cernovich) November 7, 2019
Beyond Google failing to address the call to violence from one of its employees, the incident also highlights Twitter's inconsistent standards when it comes to applying its own rules.
