{"id":606575,"date":"2021-07-30T09:05:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T13:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=606575"},"modified":"2021-07-30T09:15:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T13:15:56","slug":"dave-rubin-blasts-twitter-for-locking-his-account-over-misleading-covid-19-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dave-rubin-blasts-twitter-for-locking-his-account-over-misleading-covid-19-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Rubin Blasts Twitter for Locking His Account Over \u2018Misleading\u2019 COVID-19 Tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fdave-rubin-blasts-twitter-for-locking-his-account-over-misleading-covid-19-tweet%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=606575&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--><p>Dave Rubin, political commentator and host of \u201cThe Rubin Report,\u201d took aim at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-twitter\">Twitter<\/a> on Thursday for locking him out of his account for allegedly violating the company\u2019s policy on COVID-19 misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Rubin shared a screenshot of his since-deleted tweet <a href=\"https:\/\/rubinreport.com\/upost\/902292\/here-s-the-tweet-i-am-suspended-by-twitter-for-alongside-articles-from-usa-today-washington-post\">on the Locals.com platform<\/a>, which said: \u201cThey want a federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-vaccine-mandate\">vaccine mandate<\/a> for vaccines which are clearly not working as promised just weeks ago.\u00a0People are getting and transmitting Covid despite vax. Plus now they\u2019re prepping us for booster shots. A sane society would take a pause. We do not live in a sane society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conservative activist Kyle Kashuv <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleKashuv\/status\/1420920615867924484?s=20\">shared a screenshot<\/a> of a Twitter notice saying it had \u201ctemporarily limited\u201d some of Rubin\u2019s account features, claiming he had violated the social media company\u2019s policy \u201con spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to COVID-19,\u201d which requires the removal of such content.<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 is the disease caused by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/giving-the-right-name-to-the-virus-causing-a-worldwide-pandemic-2_3277200.html\">CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rubin told Fox News in an interview that, rather than appeal Twitter\u2019s decision to lock him out, he opted to delete the tweet\u00a0because pre-sales for his new book were scheduled to launch the following day, and appealing Twitter\u2019s move could take a long time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went against my better judgment because I would have preferred to stand up and fight them,\u201d Rubin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/twitter-dave-rubin-coronavirus\">told the outlet,<\/a>\u00a0adding that Twitter informed him he would regain access to his account within 12 hours of deleting the tweet.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Rubin defended the tweet that led him to run afoul of Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single thing that I said in that tweet was true and this is a complete continuation of silencing any sort of dissent, anyone that questions the narrative is in a lot of trouble when it comes to Big Tech and we better fight it because we\u2019re running out of time,\u201d Rubin told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>An Epoch Times request for clarification on what, specifically, about Rubin\u2019s tweet violated Twitter policies was not immediately returned by the company. One possibility, however, could be Rubin\u2019s declaration that the Biden administration wants \u201ca federal vaccine mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-announces-strict-new-covid-19-rules-for-unvaccinated-federal-workers_3925272.html\">has announced<\/a> that all federal workers and on-site contractors would be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine, or face restrictions, the administration has not explicitly endorsed the kind of vaccine mandate that would be an enforceable requirement at a federal level for all Americans to get the shot.<\/p>\n<p>But in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/07\/29\/remarks-by-president-biden-laying-out-the-next-steps-in-our-effort-to-get-more-americans-vaccinated-and-combat-the-spread-of-the-delta-variant\/\">remarks to reporters<\/a> on Thursday, Biden seemed open to more aggressive measures, saying it is \u201cstill a question whether the federal government can mandate the whole country\u201d to get the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was responding to a question from a reporter asking whether he wants to see vaccine mandates in states, private companies, and schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to see them continue to move in that direction,\u201d Biden replied, adding that the Department of Justice (DOJ)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/department-of-justice-declares-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-legal_3920759.html\">had determined<\/a> that it is legal for \u201clocal communities\u201d and \u201clocal businesses\u201d to impose vaccine mandates but that it remains unclear whether a nationwide federal requirement would be lawful.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3922052\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-606573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ross-Wilson-1200x859-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"859\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3922052\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1234244764-1200x746-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" \/><\/noscript>U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the Intelligence Community workforce and its leadership while on a tour at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in McLean, Va., on July 27, 2021. (Saul Loeb\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The\u00a0DOJ\u2019s Office of Legal Counsel on July 26 issued an opinion (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/olc\/file\/1415446\/download\">pdf<\/a>) that says federal law doesn\u2019t prohibit public agencies and private businesses from requiring COVID-19 vaccines, even if the vaccines have only been authorized for emergency use.<\/p>\n<p>The opinion came as messaging from mainstream media outlets, some government, and public health officials, and world leaders around vaccines has become increasingly forceful.<\/p>\n<p>Rubin told Fox News that his tweet \u201cbasically paraphrased\u201d what Biden said at the press conference, while decrying what he said amounted to Big Tech censorship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want you to wear masks forever, they want to be locked down forever, they want to control what you say and where you say it and who you say it to,\u201d Rubin said, adding, \u201cyou\u2019re basically a frog in a slowly boiling pot. It\u2019s time to stand up and fight.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Rubin, political commentator and host of \u201cThe Rubin Report,\u201d took aim at Twitter on Thursday for locking him out of his account for allegedly violating the company\u2019s policy on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}