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January 11, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Stripe, an online payment service, has shut down the Trump campaign’s payment processing services, blocking the president’s campaign from accepting donations by credit or debit card, and thus, for the most part, from accepting donations online.
The company stated that President Donald Trump violated the policy against “encouraging violence” with his comments regarding the protest at the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday. In fact, Trump never encouraged violence in his statements to protestors either before or after the Capitol breach.
“I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard,” the president said in his speech at the March to Save America.
On Thursday, the president strongly condemned violence at the Capitol as “heinous” and promised punishment for those involved.
Nevertheless, Stripe said that Trump broke their rule against activity that “engages in, encourages, promotes or celebrates unlawful violence or physical harm to persons or property.”
Campaign Monitor, an email service used by the Trump campaign, also suspended the campaign’s account last week. The
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