After January 6, many who had stuck by Donald Trump through his presidency condemned his denial of the election, and his failure to stop the attack on the Capitol.
Banished to Mar-a-Lago the former president was banned from major social media platforms, driving his messages and MAGA community underground, into a parallel online world.
That response by big tech to the violence of January 6 was designed to stop it happening again.
Instead, it found Donald Trump powerful allies, and fostered his comeback, one that would send him all the way back to the White House.
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