Twitter suspends personal account for U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene – al.com

Twitter has suspended the personal account for U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican who represents northwest Georgia, according to news reports from NBC, CNN and others.NBC News reported the suspension Sunday and said the social media company had banned Greene’s because she spread misinformation about COVID vaccines. Her official account remains active.NBC News reported Greene said she was suspended for reporting statistics about the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS). The system was set up in 1990 to track possible side effects from vaccines. Anyone can submit a report to VAERS, which is designed to collect information without verifying whether vaccines caused the reported symptoms.“Twitter is an enemy to America and can’t handle the truth,” Greene said to NBC News. “That’s fine, I’ll show America we don’t need them and it’s time to defeat our enemies.”Greene was born in Milledgeville, Ga. in 1974 and worked as a businesswoman before her election to Congress in 2020. Former President Donald Trump endorsed her campaign, which generated controversy due to her support for conspiracy theories including QAnon, according to the Washington Post and New York Times.According to news reports, Greene faced temporary suspensions in the past due to posts about COVID vaccines…
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