![]() And it included logos for several entities in the G-TV Media Group, a media company owned by both Bannon and Guo. Previous advertising for GETTR had been posted online before news broke of Miller’s venture. In a separate interview with POLITICO, Miller said that Guo had “no formal role,” had not “contributed any money” and was “not part of the business day to day.” Miller added that “his family foundation is part of the international consortium of investors who gave seed money.” ![]() Miller told The Daily Beast, which first reported the connection, that Guo’s “family foundation” provided GETTR with early funding. There was one major question: Just where did GETTR come from?Ī POLITICO review reveals that prior to it being revealed on Thursday, GETTR had existed for nearly a year as a Chinese-language social media network linked to Guo and G-TV Media, and on which anti-CCP content had been promoted on a regular basis. ![]() And though Trump himself had not committed to being on it, it seemed like the type of place where he inevitably would end up after having launched a failed professional blog of his own. It was billed as the logical extension of the former president’s monthslong battle with the major social media companies, two of which had booted him in the aftermath of the Capitol riots on Jan. GETTR was announced as a brand new social media platform for Trump’s fans, a social media outpost where MAGA types could post freely and, through the mere act of signing up, stick it to Big Tech. Jason Miller, communications director for the Trump transition team, briefs reporters on Nov. ![]()
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