Ira Madison, a blue-check podcaster for Crooked Media, was suspended on Monday after using his account to impersonate Beto O’Rourke, tweeting that he’d “drop my nudes if Texas goes blue” and “es grande”:
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— Jonathan Sale ??? (@JonathanSale) November 3, 2020
Snopes even thought this was worth a fact-check:
Don't worry, you weren't the only Twitter user who did a double take. https://t.co/XTy4KcMOeS
— snopes.com (@snopes) November 3, 2020
Was it worth it?
Well, @ira went out with a bang. pic.twitter.com/RKLGglcRP3
— Dan Baer (@danbbaer) November 3, 2020
No word yet if the suspension is permanent:
You sir are going to get permanently banned
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) November 3, 2020
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