Twitter Temporarily Suspended Candice Owens Account, A MAGA Trump Follower After Making A False Claim Against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) During The Extended COVID-19 Pandemic Order

Owens violated Twitter's policy when she targeted Michigan Governor Whitmer with a false COVID-19 tweet.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 15. 2020

U.S.A. - On Thursday, Candice Owens, an African-American MAGA follower confirmed that her Twitter account had been temporarily suspended on May 1st for posting a tweet that targeted Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) during the extended COVID-19 pandemic state restrictions (Stay at Home order), which violate Twitter's policy. Owens stated in a mass emailing to MAGAs, "The people of Michigan spoke up against Big Government tyranny from their far-left Governor Gretchen Whitmer. I defended these brave Americans on Twitter so the world would know Patriots are taking a stand against egregious civil rights violations during this quarantine. As a result... Twitter banned my account."

According to Twitter, Owens's tweet violated the platform's COVID-19 misinformation policy, "specifically around heightened-risk health claims." The Twitter spokeswoman said the tweet would need to be deleted while Owens served a "timeout" before her profile could be reinstated.

Owens has gained the support from Donald Trump Jr. after being banned from Twitter, according to her. Both Trump Jr. and Owens are known to spread lies and propaganda to advance their Make America Great Again/Keep America Great (MAGA) political agendas.

So far during the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 23M workers have lost the jobs and have filed for unemployment in the U.S. under the Trump administration as a result of the mishandling of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country this year. 20.5M filed for unemployment within a four week period in April 2020.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 15.7 percent for the week ending May 2, an increase of 0.3 percentage point from the previous week's revised rate. The previous week's rate was revised down by 0.1 from 15.5 to 15.4 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending May 2 was 22,833,000, an increase of 456,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 270,000 from 22,647,000 to 22,377,000. The 4-week moving average was 19,760,000, an increase of 2,729,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 67,500 from 17,097,750 to 17,030,250, the U.S. Department  of Labor reported.