Posted on 03/13/2021 7:30:29 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich announced that he is back on Twitter after being locked out for a week following a disputed tweet regarding the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
Gingrich defended his tweet and announced that he had been reinstated in an op-ed that ran in the Washington Times Wednesday. He noted that both Texas Republicans and Democrats have been critical of the administration’s refusal to track where undocumented migrants are being released on the southern border as the coronavirus persists.
In a tweet that was later deleted, Gingrich wrote, "If there is a COVID surge in Texas, the fault will not be Governor [Greg] Abbott’s common sense reforms."
"The greatest threat of a COVID surge comes from Biden’s untested illegal immigrants pouring across the border. We have no way of knowing how many of them are bringing COVID with them," he added.
Twitter froze the former speakers account, citing violations to their policies and saying, "You may not promote violence against, threaten, or harass other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease."
In an open letter to the social media conglomerate, Gingrich argues that his tweet did not violate their policies, and instead drew attention to a topic of immigration and health concerns.
Fox News could not immediately reach Twitter for a response to the letter, in which Gingrich asked the platform how they justify censoring discussions regarding a threat to public health amid a pandemic.
"This entire experience has made it even more clear to me that Twitter is only interested in censoring conservatives," Gingrich said in his op-ed.
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When’s Newt going to catch a break?
Remember when he got a time out, on Fox, for saying $oros was funding BLM/Antifa riots/violence?
He keeps getting put in the box, for telling the truth.
Newt, don’t give Twitter the time of day.
At this point, anyone still on twitter is an idiot.
“Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich announced that he is back on Twitter after being locked out for a week following a disputed tweet regarding the Biden administration’s immigration policies.”
Why is anyone, much less a former Speaker of the House, putting up with this $*$#$.
I can’t understand this obsession with Twitter when there are other sites now.
Unfortunately though, Twitter is still a great medium. The other sites like Gab or Parler just can't compete. Gab crashes every other day and Telegram takes up too much of your phone's storage. My phone was literally charged right before I went to work and when I went to take my morning dump around 8:30 my phone was only at 30%.
Newt bowed to the deep state with the rest of them in the end. Who cares.
What a richardhead this guy is!
Only an asssucker would go back to fakebook...
Why bother if he can’t tweet what he wants?
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