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AZ Secretary of State Candidate is Back on Twitter After Musk Looks into His Banning
NationalFile ^ | October 31 2022 | NationalFile

Posted on 11/01/2022 2:16:54 AM PDT by SmokingJoe

Mark Finchem, a Republican, was locked out of his account for unknown reasons and has told the ban may continue until election day

Mark Finchem, the GOP candidate for secretary of state in Arizona, was locked out of his Twitter account just under 10 days before the election. When new Twitter boss Elon Musk was informed of the issue, he said he will be looking into it. Less than an hour after Musk’s tweet, Finchem’s account was restored. “After careful review, we determined your account broke the Twitter Rules,” reads the notification received by Finchem. “Your account is temporarily in read-only mode, which means you can’t Tweet, Retweet or Like content. Most accounts regain access within a week, but it could take longer.”

With such a short window between the time of the banning, October 31, and Election Day, November 8, it was very possible that the candidate for the crucial office may be locked out of his account until all votes are cast.

Finchem took to Facebook and other forms of social media to announce the news. He urged supporters and opponents of big tech censorship to tag Elon Musk and put an end to the election interference immediately.

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A number of conservative outlets and activists took to Twitter in an effort to get Musk’s attention and put a stop to the censorship.

In a response to former Trump legal analyst Jenna Ellis, Musk said that he would be “looking into” the matter.

A little over an hour after Musk’s comment, Mark Finchem’s account was fully restored. “We are back! Thank you @elonmusk for stopping the commie who suspended me from Twitter a week before the election,” Finchem wrote in a tweet. “Twitter is much better with you at the helm.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; elonmusk; finchem; markfinchem; musk; truthsocial; twitter
The far left crazies at Twitter were attempting to use their usual technique of stiffling and quashing Republican/conservative candidates ability to campaign, but then the great Elon Musk stopped them. Dems will have to win or lose on their own merits now.
1 posted on 11/01/2022 2:16:54 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

What did he do or say that hit his account locked?


2 posted on 11/01/2022 2:34:26 AM PDT by Galactica
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To: SmokingJoe

… now fire the weasel who locked the account.


3 posted on 11/01/2022 2:43:50 AM PDT by Flick Lives (Cui bono)
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To: SmokingJoe

Great to see him restored, but there are bread crumbs.

So the question becomes, will Musk’s people follow those bread crumbs and figure out just who was involved in ‘canceling’ him and cancel that person (or, more likely, those persons)?

If he does, he’ll start clearing out the rot...and something tells me that he will do just that.


4 posted on 11/01/2022 3:10:33 AM PDT by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Estonia: 37 degrees)
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To: Galactica

He was a Republican candidate who might win

that’s excuse enough to get banned, for the SF Twitter fanatics


5 posted on 11/01/2022 3:13:01 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: BobL

https://t.me/IntelRepublic

NOW ON EQUAL FOOTING IN THE INFO WAR: Following Elon Musk’s purchase - Twitter begins tagging Ukrainian STATE-AFFILIATED media as such; previously, this was done ONLY in relation to Russian and Chinese media - perhaps, the West will no longer take everything pro-Ukranian as grassroots sentiment.


6 posted on 11/01/2022 3:36:11 AM PDT by Cathi
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To: Galactica

He probably told the truth about a Democrat.


7 posted on 11/01/2022 3:36:32 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: SmokingJoe
This news is almost better than reading about republicans building election momentum.
8 posted on 11/01/2022 4:02:28 AM PDT by TimSkalaBim
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To: Cathi

Wow, thanks for that info.

They’re doing it just like Hezballah and Hamas:

CHILDHOOD INDOCTRINATION: Ukrainian children are raised on an ideology of Russophobia (*Moskal = DEROGATORY term for Russians), GLORIFICATION of Nazi-era criminals (Bandera) and apparently a love of a clown-president Zelensky (*Volodya = Vladimir), ALL while Ukraine overtakes Albania, to become the POOREST country in Europe - SLAVA (Glory) Ukraine!
https://t.me/IntelRepublic/7871

They’re also using civilians and human shields, just like Hezballah and Hamas do. One must wonder, when will they start paying suicide bomber’s families?


9 posted on 11/01/2022 4:13:59 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: SmokingJoe

Well Elon doesnt control the vote counters so theres that


10 posted on 11/01/2022 4:38:50 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: Galactica

Likely he was ahead in the polls and not a democrat.


11 posted on 11/01/2022 4:43:01 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: SmokingJoe

I had a twitter account for some cooking contests long ago. I tweeted https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781510773868/the-war-on-ivermectin/ as a test Oct 29 and it’s still up.


12 posted on 11/01/2022 5:29:41 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Galactica
What did he do or say that hit his account locked?

Finchem is a state legislator, and a big-time "Stop the Steal" guy. Polar opposite of his opponent. His win will be a total disaster for their efforts to turn Arizona blue.

13 posted on 11/01/2022 5:37:44 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: SmokingJoe

How did Finchem tweet if he was in read only mode?


14 posted on 11/01/2022 5:55:56 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT)
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