Activist Alejandra Caraballo said that Flynn, a prominent supporter of 2020 election conspiracy theories, being reinstated on January 6 was “no accident.”
Elon Musk is taking heat for reinstating far-right favorite Michael Flynn to Twitter on the second anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Flynn, a retired Army general and ex-national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, returned to the platform on Friday. His account had been permanently banned two days after Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol in an ill-fated attempt to stop the certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory.
Leading up to the Capitol attack, Flynn was one of the most prominent supporters of false claims that the contest had been “stolen” by Biden. Flynn was also a prominent proponent of the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory, repeating and praising the related “where we go one we go all” slogan and making references to the debunked theory on Twitter. He thanked Musk for his return to the platform.
“I want to personally thank @elonmusk for all he is doing to help protect our basic human rights, especially our freedom of speech,” Flynn tweeted Friday after being reinstated. “And thanks for allowing me back on @Twitter. To all who offered their strong voices of support to bring me back, thank you! God Bless America [U.S. flag emoji] !”
An avalanche of Twitter users lashed out at Musk for the timing of the reinstatement. Since taking over the platform in October, the billionaire has been repeatedly accused of pushing a right-wing bias despite claiming to be a champion for neutrality and “free speech.
