Barletta
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Add Lou Barletta to the list of people who have evidently run afoul of Twitter’s term of service.
The former congressman’s Twitter account has been suspended recently.
Barletta, a supporter of President Donald Trump, said he did not realize his account had been suspended until asked about it by a reporter on Sunday. He also said he did not know why his account was suspended.
From a separate account used primarily during his days in Congress, Barletta tweeted out a short statement regarding the suspension, saying that “they can suspend my Twitter but they will not stop me from being a voice for the people of PA!”
Barletta also released a statement to the Times Leader following the suspension:
“I am shocked and outraged that Twitter has decided to suspend my account. They did this without warning, without reason and without any communication,” Barletta said. “I am just a private citizen…Twitter silenced a private citizen merely just because they didn’t agree with them?
“All Americans should be terrified by this…no one business or person should be able to decide what voices and opinions are able to be heard.”
Barletta concluded his statement by saying “we all need to realize that ‘Big Tech’ is now choosing who has their First Amendment rights and who does not.”
A review of his recent tweets offers no evidence of why the account was suspended.
Barletta’s most recent tweet was two days ago and questioned those calling for Trump’s impeachment or the use of the 25th amendment.
The same day he tweeted calling on the Pennsylvania legislature and Gov. Tom Wolf to “pass laws to restore our election integrity.”
He also tweeted on Wednesday that the attack on the Capitol was “totally unacceptable and un-American. Violence and destruction are NEVER the answer.”
Twitter suspended the president’s account on Friday.
– Times Leader staff