Roger Stone’s Twitter Account Suspended Following Mueller Meltdown (Maybe Permanently)
Suspension Follows Attacks on Journalists
Donald Trump ally and former campaign advisor Roger Stone’s Twitter account has been suspended following a Robert Mueller-induced meltdown, maybe permanently.
Late Friday night, following CNN’s breaking news that a grand jury had approved the first charges in Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, Stone took to Twitter to attack reporters:
I guess they should’ve included a trigger warning in the report on Mueller’s first indictments … pic.twitter.com/sfv0wSU24y
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) October 28, 2017
As Deadline reported:
Former Trump adviser Roger Stone reacted to CNN’s then-exclusive news of imminent charges in the Mueller investigation with a string of crude, obscenity-filled, personal and vaguely threatening tweets against the network’s anchors and contributors Don Lemon, Jake Tapper, Ana Navarro, Bill Kristol, Carl Bernstein and Charles Blow.
Two of the tweets against Lemon included homophobic dog-whistles, including one making an obscene reference to oral sex and another calling the anchor an “arrogant partyboi.†(See the tweets below.) The one targeting Kristol mocked his appearance.
If the repugnant missives were meant to raise ire or get attention from the journalists – or distract from the big Mueller news – they mostly failed. Only one of the subjects responded directly to Stone, with the New York Times columnist Charles Blow tweeting a fly-shooing one-word rejoinder: “Stoned.â€
Saturday afternoon, Stone found himself with at least one fewer social media channel to focus his hatred, with BuzzFeed’s David Mack advising that sources had informed him the suspension may be permanent:
Sources tell me Roger Stone’s suspension from Twitter is permanent. He spent last night attacking CNN reporters. pic.twitter.com/qPdKNQzpBR
— David Mack (@davidmackau) October 28, 2017
fwiw, here’s Twitter’s policies on abusive behavior which clearly say they can permanently suspend you pic.twitter.com/sEmMruRngn
— David Mack (@davidmackau) October 28, 2017
Many Twitter users celebrated the news. Some mused:
I’m just waiting to hear how it is Hillary Clinton’s fault that Roger Stone got suspended on Twitter.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) October 28, 2017
What’s your favorite Roger Stone memory? Mine is when Twitter suspended him shortly before his arrest
— Fred Delicious (@Fred_Delicious) October 28, 2017
And others asked questions:
Whoa. Roger Stone lost his shit to such a degree, Twitter suspended his account.
So, why hasn’t Trump been suspended? pic.twitter.com/849LYIGztl
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 28, 2017
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