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A private Twitter account belonging to Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee was suspended with out warning or rationalization, in response to the senator.
Tweeting from his official Senate account, Lee stated he has reached out to Twitter “looking for solutions.”
“My private Twitter account – @BasedMikeLee – has been suspended,” Lee tweeted. “Twitter didn’t alert me forward of time, nor have they but provided an evidence for the suspension.”
CNN confirmed the suspension Wednesday afternoon by visiting the affected profile, which displayed a suspension message from Twitter. As of two:30 pm ET, an hour after his tweet, the account seemed to be restored.
Twitter, which has minimize a lot of its public relations group, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from CNN.
The suspension marks the second time in a month that Twitter has briefly suspended a sitting US senator. In February, Twitter quickly suspended Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines’ account over a profile photograph that Twitter stated violated its insurance policies. Twitter CEO Elon Musk later personally reached out to Daines by telephone and restored his account.