Trump Reacts Angrily As Facebook Partially Blocks White House Social Media Director

White House Director of Social Media, Dan Scavino Jr., posted a screenshot of his Facebook account Monday, which showed the social media platform had blocked him from replying to his followers.

The screenshot showed a pop-up message displayed in the middle of his page, saying, “You’re temporarily blocked from making public comments on Facebook,” as some of his comments had been “reported as spam.”

“AMAZING. WHY ARE YOU STOPPING ME from replying to comments followers have left me - on my own Facebook Page!!?? People have the right to know. Why are you silencing me??? Please LMK! Thanks,” he wrote in a caption to a Facebook post.

He also reposted President Donald Trump’s Facebook post about the issue, which quoted a line from a Washington Examiner report, followed by a hash tag. “‘Facebook abruptly censored the account of President Trump’s chief social media guru, blocking him for simply responding to a question from a reader.’ #StopTheBias” Trump wrote.

Scavino Jr.’s screenshot post received over 3,000 reactions and more than 700 comments, and most of the latter were in his support. “I think it’s time for some Senate hearings with Facebook on there [sic] attempts to influence the election,” one user wrote, while another said, “We stand with you Daniel Scavino Jr.!!! Facebook needs a hard look at by both Congress and POTUS. Big tech needs to be held accountable for silencing free speech.”

Yet another commented, “The president of the United States’ personal assistant is being blocked from speaking to Fans by Facebook because of what reason? Well we know the Excuse but we don’t know the reason.”

Scavino Jr. is in charge of several of the president's and White House's social media accounts.

According to an article in Business Insider, Scavino Jr. is also currently the longest-serving Trump aide, having been by the president’s side before the latter’s 2016 presidential campaign began. Trump’s relationship with Scavino Jr. began back in 1990, when at 16 years old, he was appointed as the-then business mogul’s caddie.

"I'll never forget the day his limo first pulled up," Scavino Jr. said years later, recalling his first meeting with Trump. "I was star-struck. I remember his first gratuity. It was two bills — two hundred-dollar bills. I said, 'I am never spending this money.' I still have both bills."

His loyalty paid off over time and he was appointed the assistant manager of the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, New York, in 2004. Four years later, he became the executive vice president of the same club. When he was eventually chosen to head Trump’s social media campaign in 2015, ahead of the election, he made the conscious decision not to intervene in Trump’s personal Twitter account. "He doesn't run anything by me," he told CNN in 2016. "We're a different campaign."

After he became part of Trump administration, he made headlines for the wrong reasons a couple of times. In April 2017, he violated the Hatch Act — which prohibits executive branch officials from being involved in electoral activity — when he sent a tweet calling for the defeat of Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI). For this action, he received a warning. Later the same year, in September, he made a significant goof-up when he failed to verify a video and tweeted the clip of the wrong storm while warning Florida residents about Hurricane Irma.