A QANON conspiracy theorist and vocal supporter of President Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Twitter, reports said Saturday.
Bill Mitchell, a conservative pundit who hosts the YouTube show “YourVoice America,” was reportedly suspended permanently for violating the company’s policy on using multiple accounts in a bid not to be suspended for another violation.
Mitchell boasted more than half a million Twitter followers until his suspension – though it remains unclear why his account was initially suspended.
The YourVoice Twitter account has also been suspended.
Mitchell shot to fame spreading debunked conspiracy theories that then-President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump’s phones during his 2016 presidential election campaign.
He has routinely received attention from conservatives, Trump and some of the president’s closest advisers for his bold conspiracy theories, including his claim that Dr. Anthony Fauci is a “deep state” plant of the Hillary Clinton campaign.
Mitchell confirmed the suspension on Parler, a microblogging site like Gab catering to the alt-right. Extreme conservatives first began flocking to Twitter alternatives after the social media site made one of its first major permanent bans of a popular conservative account by suspending Milo Yiannopoulos.
“Twitter just suspended me for opposing masks. Who knows if I’ll ever be back. I’m sure their decision wasn’t political at all,” Mitchelll wrote.
Mitchell claims the suspension, which he alleges were over two tweets explaining why he belies coronavirus masks are medically dangers, was only supposed to last for seven days.
Mitchell, however, also admitted that he “tweeted a bit from a very small secondary account” which he claimed he “was not aware” is a rule violation.
“Regardless, to wipe out one of the top Trump accounts months before the election is utterly preposterous and censorship in the extreme,” Mitchell said.
The US Sun has reached out to Twitter for comment.
Trump has been blasted by the Trump Administration this year after it has considerably cracked down on misinformation and other policy violations.
Trump’s own campaign account was prevented from tweeting further until it removed a clip containing misinformation on the coronavirus earlier this month.
Donald Trump Jr., the president’s son, was also temporarily blocked in July for tweeting about “potentially harmful” video promoting Hydroxychloroquine as a COVID cure.
