Previously banned Twitter users celebrate Elon Musk’s completed Twitter acquisition
Deplatformed extremists are begging for their accounts back
Written by Justin Horowitz
Research contributions from Media Matters Staff
Published
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has acquired Twitter and fired its top executives. The platform will likely become an extremist fever swamp under Musk’s control.
Previously banned Twitter users are celebrating and showing their support for Musk’s completed Twitter acquisition and begging the tech overlord to be allowed back on the platform. Musk has suggested he will bring back some previously banned profiles, including former President Donald Trump.
Here are banned Twitter users celebrating and embracing Musk’s acquisition:
- White nationalist and notorious antisemite Nick Fuentes
![Nick Fuentes Musk](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-12.27.20-pm.png?itok=ZEZkUKVz)
![Nick Fuentes Twitter Musk reaction](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-10.14.32-am.png?itok=L4rAnkr-)
- Former President Donald Trump
![DJT Musk twitter](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-12.46.17-pm.png?itok=s2fxIpT8)
![Infowars twitter musk](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-12.39.49-pm.png?itok=1g9ByNBc)
- Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin
![andrew anglin twitter 2](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-12.38.47-pm.png?itok=t-HzmuCV)
![andrew anglin twitter 1](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-12.37.45-pm.png?itok=hov-QLPe)
- Former KKK leader David Duke
![David Duke musk twitter](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-2.07.55-pm.png?itok=VFP2HmpD)
- Anti-Muslim activist Laura Loomer
![Laura Loomer Musk Twitter Oct 28](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-12.28.52-pm.png?itok=p9d2ZUOS)
- White nationalist Tim Gionet (aka Baked Alaska)
![Baked Alaska Musk twitter](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-12.30.58-pm.png?itok=KIFpaXKo)
- “Stop The Steal” organizer Ali Alexander
![ali alexander twitter musk](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-12.33.08-pm.png?itok=pyuzSK_W)
- White nationalist and Holocaust denier Vincent James Foxx
![Vincent James Foxx twitter musk](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-12.40.51-pm.png?itok=6VfebS6g)
- QAnon influencer Jordan Sather
![Jordan Sather musk twitter](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-12.42.04-pm.png?itok=z_yyJHfp)
- Pro-Trump pundit and QAnon enthusiast Bill Mitchell
![Bill Mitchell twitter musk](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-12.44.51-pm.png?itok=eKvONIjy)
- Right-wing “dirty trickster” Roger Stone
![Roger Stone asks for his Twitter back](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-1.43.19-pm.png?itok=TC3Xyi2y)
- Far-right troll and white nationalist Milo Yiannopolous
![Milo twitter ban musk](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-12.51.03-pm.png?itok=B-9jVr_t)
![Project veritas twitter musk](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-12.53.58-pm.png?itok=Hf4R2uMl)
- Former Infowars host and failed congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine
![DeAnna Lorraine](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-1.55.02-pm.png?itok=g8l_bVB7)
- Anti-Muslim extremist Tommy Robinson
![Tommy Robinson](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-1.56.20-pm.png?itok=C3kM3Wfe)
- Right-wing grifter Jacob Wohl
![Jacob Wohl twitter musk](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-12.59.28-pm.png?itok=BoTWMtfN)
- QAnon influencer intheMatrixxx
![Inthematrixxx musk twitter](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-1.01.37-pm.png?itok=tKkCEFho)
![Gateway Pundit musk twitter](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-1.04.15-pm.png?itok=7TsWWsL2)
- Right-wing blogger David Vance
![David Vance musk twitter](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-1.08.11-pm.png?itok=1oARHdGw)
- Anti-Muslim extremist Pamela Geller
![Pam Geller twitter musk](https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/styles/scale_w1024/s3/static/D8Image/2022/10/28/screen-shot-2022-10-28-at-1.06.51-pm.png?itok=SA1TuBjE)