The platform had announced the permanent suspension of Trump, citing a “close review of recent tweets from” the President’s account. It said in a blog post that the suspension was “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.“ The social media platform’s review focused on two of the President’s tweets, which violated its Glorification of Violence policy. The policy, Twitter stated, “aims to prevent the glorification of violence that could inspire others to replicate violent acts and determined that they were highly likely to encourage and inspire people to replicate the criminal acts that took place at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.”
“Thanks to new ownership, I’ve decided to come back!” Levin exclaimed in a brief tweet Monday, along with a smiley face emoji. Levin’s is no small account, boasting more than 2.5 million followers. Levin is sometimes called “The Great One,” including Fox News host Sean Hannity.
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His last tweet before going dormant was posted on January 8, 2021, two days after the Capitol riot and following Trump’s account being permanently suspended over concerns of “inciting violence.”
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At the time, he said: “I have suspended my own Twitter account in protest against Twitter’s fascism. I ask all my followers to join me now on Parler and Rumble.” Musk, who plans to take Twitter private, has said he wants to be “cautious with permanent bans,” according to Bloomberg. “I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter because that is what free speech means,” Musk wrote in a Monday tweet.
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Trump said Monday that he plans to stick to his own social media platform, Truth Social, yet he complimented Musk. “I am not going on Twitter — I am going to stay on TRUTH,” Trump told Fox News. “I hope Elon buys Twitter because he’ll make improvements to it, and he is a good man, but I am going to be staying on TRUTH.”
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The only other tweet by Levin since rejoining the Twitter conversation was to react to GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who welcomed him back to the fold.
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