U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) had his account reinstated after Elon Musk vowed the situation was being “fixed.”
Daines had his account suspended for a profile picture that showed him and his wife in hunting gear with a dead antelope.
In regard to the suspension, Daines took it in stride and told Fox News Digital “My wife is a great shot. What can I say?”
Musk responded to a tweet that shared an article on the suspension, “This is being fixed.”
“Policy against showing blood in profile pic is being amended to ‘clearly showing blood without clicking on the profile pic’,” Musk continued.
Musk added, “The intent is to avoid people being forced to see gruesome profile pics.”
This is being fixed. Policy against showing blood in profile pic is being amended to “clearly showing blood without clicking on the profile pic”.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2023
The intent is to avoid people being forced to see gruesome profile pics.
In a separate tweet, Musk said, “Going forward, Twitter will be broadly accepting of different values, rather than trying to impose its own specific values on the world.”
Going forward, Twitter will be broadly accepting of different values, rather than trying to impose its own specific values on the world
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2023
Musk appears to have his hands full trying to navigate the “specific values” that have been imposed on Twitter prior to his acquisition of the social media platform.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) came to Daines’ defense in a tweet where he called the suspension, “Ridiculous.”
“My friend @SteveDaines is in @Twitter jail for posting this pic w/ his wife Cindy. If you don’t like hunting, fine, don’t go. But don’t censor others who disagree. And I’m pretty sure this is a formal job responsibility for a senator from Montana!” Cruz explained.
Ridiculous. My friend @SteveDaines is in @Twitter jail for posting this pic w/ his wife Cindy.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 7, 2023
If you don’t like hunting, fine, don’t go. But don’t censor others who disagree.
And I’m pretty sure this is a formal job responsibility for a senator from Montana!#FreeSteveDaines pic.twitter.com/t6VdYNYe5u
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