Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ “Never Back Down” PAC was briefly suspended on X by mistake Wednesday just hours before the Republican primary debate, prompting claims that it may have been targeted.
The Never Back Down PAC’s account, @nvrbackdown24, was suspended early Wednesday morning and was reported by Strategic Communications Director Matt Wolking. It was allegedly down for less than an hour.
Wolking believes that pro-Trump accounts “engaged in mass reporting” against the PAC, a common practice used by leftists.
“X says it ‘seems like our automated systems incorrectly picked it up as ‘spam.” We have asked X to tell us who exactly reported @NvrBackDown24 as spam,” Wolking noted via his personal account on X.
Just in: Ron DeSantis’s Super Pac Never Back Down X account has been suspended. pic.twitter.com/p62ZfWr3By
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) August 23, 2023
X says it “seems like our automated systems incorrectly picked it up as ‘spam.'”
We have asked X to tell us who exactly reported @NvrBackDown24 as spam.
— Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) August 23, 2023
Wolking included in his tweets screenshots of a number of X accounts connected to former President Trump that were gleefully celebrating the account being banned.
“Given their celebration, we have asked @X @elonmusk to disclose whether these Trump-backed accounts and their affiliated bot network have recently engaged in mass reporting against the @NvrBackDown24 account in order to manipulate X’s rules,” he stated.
Christina Pushaw, who is the rapid response director for DeSantis’ campaign, also speculated that pro-Trump accounts were responsible for the suspension.
“BEYOND PARODY The same trolls who cry nonstop when they’re censored on social media… are cheering for their opponents to be censored on social media,” she charged.
“This is a well-worn Left Liberal tactic: When you can’t defeat your opponents in a debate, you hide in the basement and try to silence your opponents. If it’s true that Republicans are doing this now, shame on them,” Pushaw asserted.
BEYOND PARODY The same trolls who cry nonstop when they’re censored on social media … are cheering for their opponents to be censored on social media. https://t.co/eJ6o9DPnIj
— Christina Pushaw (@ChristinaPushaw) August 23, 2023
“While our follower count has not yet been fully restored, we appear to be back. Follow Never Back Down to get the facts the Trump campaign doesn’t want you to see! We are hoping to receive more details about the cause of this suspension on debate day, @elonmusk. Please,” Never Back Down tweeted shortly before noon Wednesday.
While our follower count has not yet been fully restored, we appear to be back.
Follow Never Back Down to get the facts the Trump campaign doesn’t want you to see!
We are hoping to receive more details about the cause of this suspension on debate day, @elonmusk. Please. https://t.co/UYCf1Vu8y1
— Never Back Down (@NvrBackDown24) August 23, 2023
The suspension came just hours before the GOP debate and the scheduled release on the platform of a pre-recorded interview of Trump by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
DeSantis supporters and other conservatives want to know why the account went down and who was behind it:
Elon promised transparency and he expressed his concern over these actions as a reason why he purchased Twitter. We need to know today and there must be repercussion.
— Jcolem (@JCitizen2023) August 23, 2023
the mass reporting auto suspension is one of the biggest flaws of @X , @elonmusk
To fix it I’d start with not letting anyone without a blue check even report another account
— Robert Luther (@RobertLutherFL) August 23, 2023
Messing with an election again, Twitter?
— Karly (@DepravedAngel) August 24, 2023
This is wrong completely!
— Ryan Pence (@realRyanPence) August 23, 2023
Wow .. have to say that is unfair.
— Troy (@BassBurg) August 23, 2023
@elonmusk; this, right before the debate?? Please investigate and it better be an ironclad reason or we’re right back to October 2020 levels of censorship on this platform.
— Yoda4DeSantis (Michael Openshaw) (@mopenshaw) August 23, 2023
What in the bloody hell?
— David In Washington (@DavidInWASH) August 23, 2023
Elon promised more transparency. I truly hope the details are shared for what exactly caused this.
— Swamp Fyxe (@DC_SwampFyxe) August 23, 2023
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