Right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh has deactivated his Twitter account.<br />Limbaugh's choice to step off Twitter follows the permanent suspension of President Trump's account by the company.<br />Limbaugh is one of a handful of high-profile Trump supporters who closed or lost their Twitter accounts following the Capitol Hill insurrection.<br />Twitter has also suspended the accounts of Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn, pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, and Ron Watkins.<br />Business Insider reports Limbaugh has praised the rioters as being in the same class as Revolutionary War heroes Thomas Paine and Samuel Adams.
