POLITICO Fuming Republicans find themselves powerless over tech clampdown Parler sued and GOP lawmakers screamed as tech giants pulled the plug on the president and a favorite platform of conservatives. The suspended Twitter account of President Donald Trump appears on an iPhone screen in San Anselmo, California. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Link Copied Donald Trump has spent the better part of his presidency railing against the big tech companies, accusing them of anti-conservative bias and demanding that Congress strip them of their legal protections. Now he and his supporters are largely powerless to respond as the same companies muzzle him and one of their favorite alternative platforms.