Blocked by Twitter U.S. political commentator: Shut me up through harassment

Paul Sperry, a prominent American media personality and conservative political commentator, confirmed Wednesday (Feb. 17) that Twitter had suspended his account.

He said that when he tried to log in to his account, a message appeared saying that he had been suspended for “violating Twitter rules. He told media outlet The Gateway Pundit that Twitter did not send him “any warning” before suspending his account.

A well-known conservative Writer, political commentator and supporter of former President Trump, Sperry has thousands of followers on Twitter, many of whom know him for his columns for Murdoch News Corp. and as the head of the right-wing website WorldNetDaily and a media fellow at the Hoover Institution.

“(I) didn’t break any rules, they just didn’t like what I was posting for political reasons.” Sperry said, “This is the second Time I’ve been harassed since Trump’s account was taken down.”

“They tried to push me off the platform and silence me through harassment. If they can harass and silence a professional journalist, then they can silence anyone.” Sperry said.

On Jan. 8, Twitter announced it had permanently frozen the personal account of Trump labeled as the 45th president of the United States. It has since stopped a series of accounts supporting conservatives, including those of the Veritas Project, which investigated election fraud, and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and his corporate account, attorney Lin Wood, attorney Sidney Powell and Gen. Michael Flynn, all on the grounds that they “violated the rules “.

In an interview with Newsmax on Wednesday, Trump said he no longer wanted to return to Twitter and that “we’re really being harassed on Twitter” and that “almost everything you see is flagged, everything I say is flagged, and it’s shameful.” “It’s getting very boring. We don’t want to go back to Twitter.” Trump also said, but some authoritarian countries tweet on Twitter and Twitter doesn’t care.

Trump also said he is considering joining a new social platform, and that social media platform Parler has offered to have him on board, and he said he is considering setting up his own platform as well.