Twitter Suspends GOP Senate Candidate For Defending Himself Against ‘Russian Agent’ Claims

https://www.infowars.com/twitter-suspends-gop-senate-candidate-for-defending-himself-against-russian-agent-claims/

The farce began when Austin Petersen, a candidate in the Republican Party’s primary for the U.S. Senate race in Missouri, got into an exchange with Caroline O., a writer for ShareBlue Media, a far-left website. “Our campaign accepts bitcoin contributions!” tweeted Petersen alongside a donation link. “Interesting timing here: Russian hackers targeted Claire McCaskill in Aug 2017. The next month, one of her GOP opponents in Missouri rolled out this new ad,” responded Caroline O. Interesting timing here: Russian hackers targeted Claire McCaskill in Aug 2017. The next month, one of her GOP opponents in Missouri rolled out this new ad… (As we learned in the DOJ indictment, Russia used bitcoin to fund many of its illicit online activities in 2016). pic.twitter.com/gzxip1unQf — Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) July 27, 2018 Petersen responded with a gif image of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and the words, “off to the gulag”. Despite the obviously satirical nature of the retort, Petersen’s account was mass reported and he was suspended from Twitter for 12 hours and forced to delete the tweet. Petersen subsequently accused Twitter and Democratic operatives of “interfering with the federal senate race in Missouri”.
Twitter has been under intense pressure in recent weeks to address its shadow banning of conservative commentators, Republican members of Congress and other media talking heads.

As we reported yesterday, Dr. Rebekah Tromble, one of the academics appointed by Twitter to develop and algorithm that will help decide what represents “hate speech” on the platform, is a hardcore leftist who has repeatedly expressed her disdain for Donald Trump and his supporters.