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Twitter Plans To Hand @POTUS Handle Over To Biden On Jan. 20 No Matter What

Jon Brown
Twitter Plans To Hand @POTUS Handle Over To Biden On Jan. 20 No Matter What
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Twitter intends to give Democratic nominee Joe Biden the president’s official U.S. government Twitter account on Jan. 20, 2021, regardless of whether President Donald Trump concedes.

Twitter is “actively preparing to support the transition of White House institutional Twitter accounts on January 20th, 2021,” according to a statement the tech company gave to The Hill. The accounts they plan to switch also include @whitehouse, @VP, @FLOTUS, and other official government handles.

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