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Paul Nehlen Files FEC Complaint Over Twitter Ban
Paul Nehlen, the anti-Semitic white nationalist candidate hoping to be elected to fill the seat in Congress currently held by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, has filed a Federal Election Commission complaint against Twitter for suspending his original Twitter account (he’s since returned to the site using a new account from which he posts freely) on the grounds that doing so was a political contribution to his opponents.
In a release posted on Nehlen’s website and emailed sent to Nehlen’s mailing list, Nehlen writes:
“[W]e assert that Twitter banned me from the platform for the purpose of influencing the 2018 mid-term election by making in-kind contributions to my political opponents: Democratic candidates vying for Paul Ryan’s seat as the U.S. Representative from Wisconsin’s First Congressional District.”
The 22-page filing included in Nehlen’s press release bears the watermark of Randazza Legal Group, which is the legal team headed up by First Amendment attorney Marc Randazza. Randazza also represents neo-Nazi blogger Andrew Anglin, alt-right activist Chuck Johnson (who Rep. Matt Gaetz invited to the State of the Union address), and the alt-right cesspool forum board 8chan. The filing claims that “Twitter banned [Nehlen] for the purpose of influencing the 2018 mid-term election by making an in-kind contribution to [Nehlen’s] political opponents.”
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Nehlen’s announcement comes at a time where conservative outrage is reaching a fever pitch about supposed censorship of conservative ideologies on social media sites, inspiring numerous congressional hearings despite the fact that no one has been able to produce tangible evidence that it is actually happening as they claim it is. Fringe right-wing voices have attributed the supposed censorship to a variety of causes, including blaming immigrants employed by social media companies. Others claim the sites support pedophilia, an unfounded accusation with which right-wing figures have been smearing liberals, progressives and Democrats.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/paul-nehlen-files-fec-complaint-over-twitter-ban/
In a release posted on Nehlen’s website and emailed sent to Nehlen’s mailing list, Nehlen writes:
“[W]e assert that Twitter banned me from the platform for the purpose of influencing the 2018 mid-term election by making in-kind contributions to my political opponents: Democratic candidates vying for Paul Ryan’s seat as the U.S. Representative from Wisconsin’s First Congressional District.”
The 22-page filing included in Nehlen’s press release bears the watermark of Randazza Legal Group, which is the legal team headed up by First Amendment attorney Marc Randazza. Randazza also represents neo-Nazi blogger Andrew Anglin, alt-right activist Chuck Johnson (who Rep. Matt Gaetz invited to the State of the Union address), and the alt-right cesspool forum board 8chan. The filing claims that “Twitter banned [Nehlen] for the purpose of influencing the 2018 mid-term election by making an in-kind contribution to [Nehlen’s] political opponents.”
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Nehlen’s announcement comes at a time where conservative outrage is reaching a fever pitch about supposed censorship of conservative ideologies on social media sites, inspiring numerous congressional hearings despite the fact that no one has been able to produce tangible evidence that it is actually happening as they claim it is. Fringe right-wing voices have attributed the supposed censorship to a variety of causes, including blaming immigrants employed by social media companies. Others claim the sites support pedophilia, an unfounded accusation with which right-wing figures have been smearing liberals, progressives and Democrats.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/paul-nehlen-files-fec-complaint-over-twitter-ban/
No Paul, your ban from Twitter wasn't because of a pedophile conspiracy (and stop with that bullshit already). Your ban was because you're a hateful dick.
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Typical white Male
But Nazi punks can fuck off!
