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Andrea Austria / Media Matters

Banned Twitter users celebrate Elon Musk’s takeover of the website

Written by Justin Horowitz

Research contributions from Sophie Lawton & Alex Kaplan

Published 04/25/22 5:18 PM EDT

Tesla CEO Elon Musk will soon acquire Twitter for $44 billion. Right-wing media, influencers, and politicians are celebrating Musk’s purported “free speech” approach to the website, assuming that banned users will be allowed back on the platform. 

Here are some examples of banned Twitter users celebrating or showing appreciation for Musk’s buyout:

  • Former Trump aide Steve Bannon (The Populist Press newsletter is connected to Bannon’s War Room: Pandemic podcast.)
Populist Press Musk
Bannon Musk twitter buy
  • Rep. Marjorie Tayor Greene (R-GA); (Greene’s personal Twitter account was banned. The account connected to her official office position is still active.)
MTG Twitter buy
  • “Stop The Steal” organizer Ali Alexander
Ali Alexander Twitter Buy
  • White nationalist political commentator Nick Fuentes
Nick F Elon Twitter buy
  • White nationalist and Holocaust denier Vincent James Foxx
Foxx twitter buy 2
Vincent James
  • Anti-Muslim Florida congressional candidate and political commentator Laura Loomer
Laura Loomer Musk Twitter
  • Infowars
infowars twitter buy
  • QAnon figure Ron Watkins
Ron Watkins Twitter buy
  • QAnon influencer Major Patriot
Major Patriot Twitter buy
  • Pro-Trump pundit and QAnon enthusiast Bill Mitchell
Bill Mitchell Twitter buy
  • QAnon influencer Jordan Sather
Jordan Sather Twitter Buy
  • QAnon influencer IET
IET Twitter buy
  • QAnon influencer Qtah
Qtah Twitter buy
  • QAnon influencer intheMatrixxx
Matrixxx twitter buy
  • Clandestine, a QAnon figure who used Twitter to cause a false conspiracy theory about Ukrainian biolabs to gain traction online
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In This Article

  • Elon Musk

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  • Twitter / X

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  • QAnon Conspiracy Theory

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  • Laura Loomer

    Laura Loomer
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