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WSU shamed after attending Charlottesville rally
WSU shamed after attending Charlottesville rally
SPOKANE, Wash. — Twitter has suspended the account of the former president of the Washington State University College Republicans who resigned after attending a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The social media site suspended James Allsup Monday, saying the university student espousing far-right views violated its terms of use.
The Spokesman-Review reports Allsup regularly used the platform to attack multiculturalism and Obama-era immigration policies among other views considered to be on the left politically.
He posted a photo of the suspension notification to Facebook.
KREM-TV reports that Allsup said "Despite not ever violating terms of service, I was the latest right-of-center person they decided to ban."
In November, Allsup was among far-right figures stripped of their verification checkmarks - visual cues that Twitter gives to prominent accounts to help other users ensure they are authentic.