On Monday, Twitter banned an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez parody account, according to Fox, “apparently because it sounded too much like” the actual congresswoman in its mockery.

The account labeled itself a parody in both its name and biography. However, Twitter explained that @AOCPress was shut down because of its “misleading account information in order to engage in spamming, abusive, or disruptive behavior including attempts to manipulate the conversations on Twitter,” as per its regulations.

In other words, the account didn’t do what Twitter claimed it did.

So @twitter has today suspended @AOCPress, which had “parody” in both its name AND its bio. Yet they claim to allow parody in the suspension email itself. Hey @realdonaldtrump your followers are now being mass culled ahead of the election. #meddling pic.twitter.com/XguTnO28jP — Raheem Kassam (@RaheemKassam) May 7, 2019

#Baloney

The account’s creator, Michael Morrison, also got canned.

An email from the platform pointed out this, too:

“You also may not ‘post duplicative or substantially similar content, replies, or mentions over multiple accounts or multiple duplicate updates on one account, or create duplicate or substantially similar accounts.’ This account will not be reinstated.”

Yappin’ to HumanEvents.com, Michael said he thinks he got the turd treatment because his creation’d become such a hit:

“In the past month and a half alone, the account grew by roughly 50,000 followers. We’ve had tweets with over 30,000 likes on them, so I think Twitter decided it was time for [the account] to go.”

It’s easy to imagine it growing, and it’s even easier to believe it could get confused with the real person — in an election for “Purveyor of the Dumbest Things Ever Said in Politics,” in a matter of mere months, the FartFighter’s elevated herself to the level of Fierce Contender (here, here, here, here, and here).

So a parody account farted back. No surprise.

But then Twitter pulled the plug…or, plugged the…you know.

And some people are protesting. Like ol’ DJTJ:

Why did @Twitter suspend a parody account that was is full compliance with their rules? Could it possibly be because the account was mocking the lefts new icon AOC? What's the deal here @jack? Because it sure looks like political bias. https://t.co/t8ScEcLEx1 — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 7, 2019

Some believe AOC is a parody of AOC, so the blur was somethin’ Twitter didn’t like:

In @twitter's defense @RubinReport, they probably had no choice but to suspend the AOC parody account indefinitely because it's impossible to tell what is parody with her. https://t.co/MZGLcHB1eo — Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) May 7, 2019

@AOCPress isn’t the only conservative(?) tweeter getting its beak shut as of late: As I covered on April 30th, Oscar nominee James Woods got thrown into the social media slammer (here).

But have no fear: the Big Cheese is watchin’ like a hawk. And you know they ain’t gonna muzzle that squawker:

So surprised to see Conservative thinkers like James Woods banned from Twitter, and Paul Watson banned from Facebook! https://t.co/eHX3Z5CMXb — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2019

I am continuing to monitor the censorship of AMERICAN CITIZENS on social media platforms. This is the United States of America — and we have what’s known as FREEDOM OF SPEECH! We are monitoring and watching, closely!! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2019

I haven’t seen @AOCPress’s material, but it is hard to imagine how one might take the absurdity of her statements and the ferocity of her misunderstanding to greater heights. She thinks everything can be free for everyone without most everyone having to pay for everything to be free for them; she asserts that we end air travel as she flies; and she gives interviews like this:

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If they’re gonna ban @AOCPress for being a parody, they’d might as well close up shop for @CNN.

-Alex

P.S. Speaking of parody, why isn’t SNL milking the goldmine of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for all its worth? Maybe because of this.

Relevant RedState links in this article: here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

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