“The account mentioned was temporarily blocked for multiple violations of our civic integrity policy,” said the spokesman. With that, the deputy will be without account for 12 hours.
The Georgia Republican regretted his suspension in a statement on Sunday urging Congress to “act quickly” to “protect freedom of expression in America”.
“Conservative Americans shouldn’t be afraid to say what they think. They shouldn’t be afraid of being canceled by American corporations where they work, do business and use services,” she said. “They shouldn’t be afraid to submit to socialists who want to end their way of life.”
“Although there are clear and obvious exceptions, I think the ban is our failure to promote healthy conversation. It is a time to reflect on our operations and the environment around us,” he added.
In the years before running for office, Greene wrote two blog posts full of conspiracy speculating that the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which led to the death of a counter-protester, was “internal work” and promoted a claim of conspiracy unmasked, some Democratic Party leaders ran a network of human trafficking and pedophilia – known as “Pizzagate” – as real.