As Twitchy reported Monday, journalist Andy Ngo was banned from tweeting after Twitter accused him of “hateful conduct.” That hateful conduct was responding to a post by Chelsea Clinton about the “epidemic of violence and hate” against trans people, particularly black trans women. That “epidemic” comprised 150 murders of trans people since 2013.

Ngo responded, “The US is one of the safest countries for trans people. The murder rate of trans victims is actually lower than that for cis population. Also, who is behind the murders? Mostly black men.”

Twitter considered that a violation of its hateful conduct policy and suspended Ngo. Dave Rubin has been texting with Ngo and posted this text.

So Twitter won't let @MrAndyNgo back on the platform unless he deletes a tweet which is factually correct. Am I getting this right, @jack? Solutions are coming, folks. https://t.co/OE2TUJlt8e — Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) November 26, 2019

I’ve been texting with @MrAndyNgo, here what he just told me about why he hasn’t deleted the tweet. (Sharing with his permission.) cc: @peterboghossian @CHSommers @BarrettWilson6 pic.twitter.com/c1och4KcJi — Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) November 26, 2019

Please tell Andy that MANY of us understand and support his decision. We look forward to @Jack doing the right thing so we can once again "hear" Andy's important voice. — Michele Blood (@BloodBrief) November 26, 2019

The same thing happened to @RealJamesWoods. He never complied because of principles. I hope @MrAndyNgo comes back, he has endured many abuses from the left, physical and verbal. — ???Jennifer?? (@JenGeminiJung) November 27, 2019

Since a truth cannot be "hateful" this is about who originated the tweet and who replied. — Carla ?? (@CarlaMathis10) November 26, 2019

And who reported it as hateful.

I’ve concluded this year didn’t happen — basic becky lives in commiefornia ? (@thecalimelody) November 27, 2019

It would seem as though there's some glitch in the Matrix where we're going to be stuck in some hellhole version of 2016 repeating over and over — Hotep Dad Max (@HotepDadMax) November 27, 2019

The future is "a stiletto heel stamping on a human face, forever. Or until the mullahs take over." –@MarkSteynOnline — Jon Brown (@JonBrownDC) November 26, 2019

He shouldn't delete his tweet. There will come a point when we have to stand up and refuse to obey leftist dictatorship. Left march and protest for insane and imagined causes, what is the point that will make us do the same for the justice and truth? @RubinReport — Dana Peterssen (@PeterssenDana) November 26, 2019

When are people going to start challenging these speech suppressors in massive lawsuits? This is clear censorship by people and companies with demonstratively biased standards and endless contradictions in the way those standards are applied. — Tim Tedesco (@TimTedesco135) November 27, 2019

Andy, delete the tweet and restate it less directly by posting a reference to the data. We need you on twitter exposing the left more than you need to stand on this particular principle. Please. — Robert Bruce (@HRMRobertBruce) November 27, 2019

In the meantime, memesmith Carpe Donktum has initiated the #AndyNgoChallenge:

It would be a shame if everyone copied this text and tweeted it @Jack The US is one of the safest countries for trans people. The murder rate of trans victims is actually lower than that for cis population. Also, who is behind the murders? Mostly black men.#AndyNgoChallenge — Carpe Donktum? (@CarpeDonktum) November 26, 2019

That would be a damn shame. https://t.co/P7lVUKJH9Y — Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) November 26, 2019

If you didn't know Twitter is forcing @MrAndyNgo to delete a tweet that is 100% accurate, because… Shocker.. liberal activists don't like it. They can't ban us all. pic.twitter.com/JcBbMNq2ae — Carpe Donktum? (@CarpeDonktum) November 26, 2019

Re-tweeted. Apparently @MrAndyNgo tweeted this and suddenly got suspended, even though there was no hate speech and was factually correct? — James N. Riley, Jr.☂️诉求 (@WriteInRiley) November 26, 2019

Correct — #SURVIVOR Rules! PJR ❤?? left on an island (@LeoRule4ever) November 26, 2019

Why does truth= censorship? @Jack don’t be unamerican. Let truth be truth and let the chips fall where they may. Reform can’t happen until truth is looked square in the eyes. No one wins with censorship. — Snowviolet (@snowviolet) November 27, 2019

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