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‘Maybe They Couldn’t Verify His Identity’: Santos Mocked After Twitter Appears to Suspend His Official Government Account

Just days after U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) created an official government account, Twitter appears to have suspended it, for reasons unknown. The serial liar turned congressional lawmaker is being mocked over the social media company’s move.
On January 18 and 19 several journalists noted Santos had created the new account, although his House website does not currently link to any social media accounts.
CNN’s Kristin Wilson on Wednesday tweeted a screenshot of Santos’ official account.
Wilson’s screenshot also includes what apparently was Santos’ first tweet.
Talking Points Memo founder and editor Josh Marshall, retweeting that Santos tweet which is now not able to be seen, also noted the new account, on Thursday.
“Twitter appears to have suspended George Santos’s official congressional account, @RepSantosNY03,” Insider’s Bryan Metzger reported on Friday morning. “Unclear why, it was set up in the last couple of days.”
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Metzger included a screenshot, which shows a grey checkmark used for official accounts, and the number of “followers” and “following.” That account no longer has the checkmark or the followers/following numbers.
Twitter appears to have suspended George Santos’s official congressional account, @RepSantosNY03.
Unclear why, it was set up in the last couple of days. pic.twitter.com/B0TzMhCE01
— bryan metzger (@metzgov) January 20, 2023
Rolling Stone’s politics reporter Nikki McCann Ramírez also tweeted about the suspension, noting his longtime personal account remains active.
Looks like George Santos’ congressional account has been suspended, his personal account remains live. pic.twitter.com/f1a9d2TRJo
— nikki mccann ramírez (@NikkiMcR) January 20, 2023
Mediaite adds that Santos’ official government account “was listed as suspended, then seemingly briefly restored, and then apparently suspended again on Friday without an explanation.”
Former federal prosecutor and Republican, now a Democrat, Ron Filipkowski, mocked Santos, tweeting: “His new congressional account. Maybe they couldn’t verify his identity.”
His new congressional account. Maybe they couldn’t verify his identity. pic.twitter.com/5zfnVyLPoS
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) January 20, 2023
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