Twitter suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for 12 hours over a pair of alleged “misleading” tweets on COVID-19 vaccines:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been given a 12 hour Twitter ban for violating Twitter’s Covid misinformation policies, a company spokesperson says.
Greene sent two tweets about vaccines in the past 24 hours or so that Twitter labeled as “misleading.”
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) July 20, 2021
She faces a permanent ban for continued violations:
Twitter’s policy says repeat offenders can get permanently banned. https://t.co/GiOsmSiPhR pic.twitter.com/QvU5yNtGSO
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) July 20, 2021
The Daily Mail posted screengrabs of the tweets which are no longer visible on her timeline:
Marjorie Taylor Greene is temporarily suspended from Twitter for spreading misinformation on Covid-19https://t.co/6fK7XeEBuH
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) July 20, 2021
One of the tweets was a quote-tweet of her colleague, Rep. Thomas Massie that said, “The controversial #COVID19 vaccines should not be force on our military for a virus that is not dangerous for non-obese people and those under 65” and “With 6,000 vax related deaths and many concerning side effects reported, the vax should be a choice not a mandate for everyone”:
The other one was a response to Dr. David Samadi who tweeted, “In the United Kingdom, 47% of new Covid cases are vaccinated people.”
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Green tweeted, “This is why no entity should force NON-FDA approved vaccines or masks. Instead help people protect their health by defeating obesity, which will protect them from covid complications & death, and many other health problems”:
She was actually about to go on air with Newsmax when she learned of the decision:
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