Twitter Permanently Bans , Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene .<br />The Georgia Republican's personal Twitter account was banned for good on Jan. 2.<br />Greene was banned from the platform for repeated posts that spread misinformation about COVID-19.<br />The account <br />had nearly half <br />a million followers.<br />We permanently suspended the account you referenced (@mtgreenee) for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy. , Twitter Spokesperson, via CBS News.<br />We've been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy, Twitter Spokesperson, via CBS News.<br />Greene continues to have access to her congressional account.<br />Twitter's decision to ban the U.S. Representative comes as the Delta and Omicron variants are sweeping the country.<br />Greene responded to the news, saying that Twitter is <br />"an enemy to America and can't handle the truth.".<br />That's fine, I'll show America we don't need them and it's time to defeat our enemies, Twitter Spokesperson, via CBS News.<br />Greene has been temporarily banned from Twitter in the past.<br />In July of 2021, she was banned for 12 hours for using the platform to spread misinformation about COVID-19.<br />At the time of the ban, Greene posted on Facebook that "Free Speech is under attack.".<br />She has embraced a number of far-right conspiracy theories pertaining to school shootings in the U.S. and the 9/11 attacks.<br />Greene's false comments <br />that COVID vaccines are <br />"failing" also led to the end of her <br />committee assignments in Congress
