Why Was Marjorie Taylor Greene Permanently Suspended From Twitter?
Social media giant Twitter has permanently suspended the personal account of Marjorie Taylor Greene, the controversial congresswoman from Georgia.
Twitter said in a statement Sunday that Greene's account "@mtgreenee" has been permanently suspended “for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy. We’ve been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy."
Greene tweeted statistics from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and insisted that she was telling the truth.
"[Democrat congresswoman] Maxine Waters can go to the streets and threaten violence on Twitter, Kamala and Ilhan can bail out Black Lives Matter terrorists on Twitter, CNN and the rest of the Democrat Propaganda Media can spread Russia collusion lies, and just yesterday the Chief spokesman for terrorist IRGC can tweet mourning Soleimani, but I get suspended for tweeting VAERS statistics," Greene said Sunday in a statement through her office.
"Twitter is an enemy to America and can’t handle the truth. That’s fine, I’ll show America we don’t need them and it’s time to defeat our enemies," the statement reads.
According to Twitter’s website, an account can be permanently suspended after five or more strikes against its policies.
Greene received multiple suspensions for tweets in 2021. She posted about her suspicion of voter fraud in Georgia and posted two other COVID-19 misinformation comments. In July, she posted on Twitter that COVID-19 “is not dangerous for non-obese people and those under 65.”
The permanent suspension was only for her personal account. Greene still has access to her professional account under the username "@RepMTG."
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