- Twitter confirmed with USA Today that Limbaugh's account was not banned, but had been 'deactivated by the owner.'. Limbaugh, while relatively new to the platform, had over 600,000 followers on Twitter, and was following just one account — President Trump.
- Rush Limbaugh, who died Wednesday morning at the age of 70, leaves behind a $50 million Palm Beach, Florida home for his wife, Kathryn.
2.4M likes 46,997 talking about this. The Official Facebook Page of America's Real Anchorman. 3 hours ago Christen Limbaugh Bloom: After devastating loss of Uncle Rush, here's how God helped me get my faith back For a year, our family and countless loving fans prayed for Uncle Rush to be healed.
© Provided by Mediaite Rush LimbaughAfter Twitter suspended President Donald Trump's account and some other Trump team accounts, people noticed that Rush Limbaugh‘s account was down.
Unlike the other accounts that Twitter confirmed it suspended, the message on Limbaugh's profile read, 'This account doesn't exist,' so there was some confusion as to what happened.
Twitter told reporters that Limbaugh was not suspended and that his account was deactivated:
Video: Twitter's double standard of censoring certain accounts is the ‘height of hypocrisy': Rep. Mace (FOX News)
Twitter SPOX: 'I would like to correct that He is not suspended. The user deactivated their account.'
Deleted previous tweet. pic.twitter.com/30agl2Aqbl
— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) January 9, 2021
A Twitter spokesperson tells me, re: Rush Limbaugh:
Rush Limbaugh Twitter Feed
2.4M likes 46,997 talking about this. The Official Facebook Page of America's Real Anchorman. 3 hours ago Christen Limbaugh Bloom: After devastating loss of Uncle Rush, here's how God helped me get my faith back For a year, our family and countless loving fans prayed for Uncle Rush to be healed.
© Provided by Mediaite Rush LimbaughAfter Twitter suspended President Donald Trump's account and some other Trump team accounts, people noticed that Rush Limbaugh‘s account was down.
Unlike the other accounts that Twitter confirmed it suspended, the message on Limbaugh's profile read, 'This account doesn't exist,' so there was some confusion as to what happened.
Twitter told reporters that Limbaugh was not suspended and that his account was deactivated:
Video: Twitter's double standard of censoring certain accounts is the ‘height of hypocrisy': Rep. Mace (FOX News)
Twitter SPOX: 'I would like to correct that He is not suspended. The user deactivated their account.'
Deleted previous tweet. pic.twitter.com/30agl2Aqbl
— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) January 9, 2021
A Twitter spokesperson tells me, re: Rush Limbaugh:
Rush Limbaugh Twitter Feed
Rush Limbaugh Twitter Today
'He is not suspended. The user deactivated their account.'
Rush Limbaugh Twitter News
— Ben Gittleson (@bgittleson) January 9, 2021
Limbaugh reportedly deactivating his account came on the heels of other high-profile Trump supporters railing against the bans of the president. Mark Levin said he's leaving Twitter 'in protest against Twitter's fascism.' Some prominent Trump supporters have been pushing Parler as an alternative for months.
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