Twitter has suspended the account of alt-right GOP candidate Paul Nehlen after he was accused of racism for a tweet about Meghan Markle, fiancée of British royal Prince Harry.
Nehlen, who is seeking to unseat House Speaker Paul Ryan in Wisconsin’s November primaries, has not spoken out about the suspension.
In the tweet, he superimposed a picture on Markle’s image of the reconstructed appearance of Cheddar Man, an ancient Briton who experts now believe was dark skinned after conducting DNA tests on his 9,000-year-old remains.
A Twitter spokesperson told Newsweek on Monday morning that "while we normally do not comment on individual accounts, I can confirm that we have permanently suspended this account for repeated violations of our terms of service."
In recent months, Twitter has removed accounts that have spread racist or abusive messages as it seeks to make the platform more user friendly.
I know, you're probably thinking "An alt-right Republican is a racist, say it ain't so."
But of course it's so.
And we undoubtedly already realized that after this ringing endorsement.
Oh yeah, if you are ever in doubt as to whether somebody is a racist or not, just find out if Palin supports them.
That puts the whole question to rest.
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