The idea of politicians using social media in their political campaigns has changed tremendously in 21st century. Now in the present day, politicians such as Donald Trump use social media to benefit their poll rankings. However, it will not always benefit the politicians by getting votes, their presentation in front of the audience in press conferences is what will benefit them.
Donald Trump, one of the politicians running for president this year, uses social media for his benefit, but does it really benefit him? The answer is no. One misinterpretation about something you intended to say, people may find it very offensive, or insulting. For example, Donald Trump says on Twitter, “I have a lot of money, much more money than all of them put together, and all of their phony contributions put together, but you have to understand I want to be me.” This is one example explaining what goes on, on social media. Yes, Donald Trump is an extremely wealthy person, but when he states his point across, he goes too far making his statement with a negative connotation.
Twitter is famous for “tweeting” about what’s going on in a person’s life. A person can tweet whatever he/she wants, and whether it’s good, or bad, it can never be reported as inappropriate and it can stay on twitter for as long as a person would like. Anyone can have a conversation or argument on twitter and it is public for the whole world to see.
Pataki tweeted, “I reject @RealDonaldTrump comments & call on GOP candidates for President to join me in denouncing them @JebBush @marcorubio @RandPaul #FITN”. With this tweet against Trump, Pataki drew attention to specifically to the leading candidates and essentially forced them to take his side on the issue. Along with Pataki’s original tweet he also said, “We need a leader in the White House that all Americans can respect, not just some.”
Hours after Pataki’s tweet, Trump replied on twitter and said, “@GovernorPataki was a terrible governor of NY, one of the worst — would’ve been swamped if he ran again! @GovernorPataki couldn’t be elected dog catcher if he ran again—so he didn’t!” Trump always seems to like to start social media fights and never misses an opportunity to respond to any criticism that is being said about him.
Politicians use social media for their benefit, but it doesn’t always lead to the greatest outcome. There have been fights going on back and forth on twitter between the politicians. The politicians do this for the publicity, but why couldn’t they just say whatever they need to say at the press conferences and interviews?
Overall, they should be able to express their thoughts verbally, rather than on social media.