{"id":568393,"date":"2021-06-18T22:07:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T02:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568393"},"modified":"2021-06-18T22:07:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T02:07:34","slug":"twitter-restores-dave-portnoys-account-following-massive-backlash-portnoy-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-restores-dave-portnoys-account-following-massive-backlash-portnoy-responds\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Restores Dave Portnoy\u2019s Account Following Massive Backlash, Portnoy Responds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-restores-dave-portnoys-account-following-massive-backlash-portnoy-responds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568393&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DP-1-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e12o35pe0 css-1wr5klf\" readability=\"27.57092555332\">\n<p>Twitter restored the account of Barstool Sports founder David Portnoy on Friday evening after the far-left social media platform faced instant widespread backlash for banning him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPortnoy\u2019s handle @stoolpresidente, which had 2.5 million Twitter followers, was shut down with an \u2018Account suspended\u2019 message,\u201d Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/twitter-dave-portnoy-suspension\">reported<\/a>. \u201c#FreeDavePortnoy began dominating social media as it was unclear what led to his suspension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Portnoy told the network immediately following the ban, \u201cThe will of the people will be heard. #freeportnoy.\u201d Portnoy said he did not know why he had been banned.<\/p>\n<p>Portnoy posted the following message on Twitter after the company restored his account:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"3.92\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m back. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/freeportnoy?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#freeportnoy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EeY0hnelrO\">pic.twitter.com\/EeY0hnelrO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stoolpresidente\/status\/1406056468571471872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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