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Twitter’s temporary suspension of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) account overnight was in error, a Twitter spokeswoman said.
“We use a combination of technology and human review to enforce the Twitter Rules across the service,” she said. “In this case, our automated systems took enforcement action on the account referenced in error. This action has been reversed, and access to the account has been reinstated.”
The suspension coincided with an effort by some Democrats to expel her from Congress.
Greene’s campaign released a statement about her temporary Twitter suspension, accusing the social media company of abetting Democrats in their efforts to oust her.
“At around 1:00AM, in the dark of night, Twitter chose to silence a sitting member of Congress facing an unprecedented political attack by House Democrats,” the Greene campaign statement said. “This is yet another attempt by the Silicon Valley Cartel to silence voices that speak out against their far-left woke orthodoxy.”
Twitter had not informed Greene what rules she had violated. Her account was locked once before in mid-January “for multiple violations of our civic integrity policy.” Her tweets at the time were related to debunked claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
Greene’s last tweets before her account was locked railed against the effort to expel her from Congress.
“Democrats have declared me Public Enemy Number One. Tomorrow, 72+ radical Socialists are introducing a resolution to EXPEL me from Congress. And it’s all because I stand for the PEOPLE over politicians,” Greene tweeted.
In January, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) drafted a resolution to remove Greene from Congress, claiming she is a threat to lawmakers’ safety. He officially introduced it Friday.
“I believe some of my Republican colleagues, and one in particular, wish harm upon this legislative body. And I’m not saying this for shock value. It’s the conclusion I drew after a member of Congress advocated violence against our peers, the Speaker, and our government,” Gomez said on the House floor.
“I take no joy in introducing this resolution, but any member who incites political violence and threatens our lives must be expelled.”
Gomez is referring to social media posts that surfaced in January showing Greene had liked Facebook posts advocating violence against Democrats, including one that suggested shooting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in the head.
Pelosi would not comment on Gomez’s resolution, other than to say she wasn’t involved.
“Members are very unhappy about what happened here and they can express themselves the way they do,” Pelosi said during a news conference. “What Mr. Gomez did is his own view, and that is not leadership position.”
