Sitting Senator Mike Lee tweeted that his personal account was suspended from Twitter without notice.
Mike Lee is known for calling attention to conservative issues with common sense and he often uses his personal account to do it.
Everyone has questions. Including Senator Lee.
My personal Twitter account – @BasedMikeLee – has been suspended. Twitter did not alert me ahead of time, nor have they yet offered an explanation for the suspension. My team and I are seeking answers. pic.twitter.com/1llVm4fVu3
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) March 1, 2023
Many people thought it was just more of the same old stuff from Twitter, just suspending accounts for the nerve to tweet while conservative.
.@elonmusk means well but he’s got a lot of work to do.
— Jeremy Carl (@jeremycarl4) March 1, 2023
Not unexpected considering @elonmusk didn't fully purge the Twitter 1.0 loyalists
— Milenka~ (@MilenaAmit) March 1, 2023
Others pointed out that just tweeting the truth in the past would be enough to get a suspension.
He probably accidentally told the truth about something.
— WindTalker (@nmlinguaphile) March 1, 2023
There was a very popular notion that Lee calling out the Prime Minister of Japan over not releasing a US Navy Lt. was probably the culprit. We did find images of Senator Lee asking questions about this subject so it very well could have been.
Sen. Mike Lee's "BasedMikeLee" account was just suspended by Twitter.
Lee had been using the account to make threats toward the Japanese Prime Minister for not releasing U.S. Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis from prison #utpol pic.twitter.com/l6ljbT9n6O
— Bryan “As seen in the J6 report” Schott (@SchottHappens) March 1, 2023
Another popular idea was that he spoke out against Zelensky.
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
You spoke out against Zelensky yesterday.
You got put on the naughty list.
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 https://t.co/Td0TZqGjd6
— Rondalee. Iowa (@Maga4Justice) March 1, 2023
Most people just thought it was more of ‘Old Twitter’ shenanigans.
Dear @elonmusk:
Why did @TwitterSafety suspend the personal account of U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT)?
Are you bringing back Old Twitter’s bogus censorship nonsense? https://t.co/PuIrWuOdgg
— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) March 1, 2023
No matter the reason most people just want to know why.
.@elonmusk, why was @BasedMikeLee, a sitting US Senator, suspended from Twitter? pic.twitter.com/qslWiiug1f
— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) March 1, 2023
What in the world? https://t.co/PKbWoWGw3h
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) March 1, 2023
I'm of two minds here.
* A sitting senator being suspended is bad juju.
* A sitting senator calling himself "Based" is the height of cringe. https://t.co/GY3nVRmgsC
— Bohemio of the Reeeeing Twenties (@El__Bohemio) March 1, 2023
*SNORT*! Ok, we have to agree. As much as we may agree with Senator Lee, using the term based in his Twitter handle is kind of cringe.
We have no clue what caused the suspension but we do hope Mr. Lee is back on Twitter making the case for common sense conservative issues soon.
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