{"id":35540,"date":"2022-08-19T14:24:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T18:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=35540"},"modified":"2022-08-19T20:42:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T00:42:27","slug":"twitter-suspends-republican-candidate-who-called-for-violence-against-fbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/twitter-suspends-republican-candidate-who-called-for-violence-against-fbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter suspends Republican candidate who called for violence against FBI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Republican candidate for the Florida House of Representatives has been banned by Twitter after he called for the legalization of violence against federal agents. His statement remains live on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luis Miguel, who is running against incumbent Bobby Payne in next week&#8217;s Republican primary for Florida House District 20, posted the controversial statement on all of his social media accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Under my plan, all Floridians will have permission to shoot FBI, IRS, ATF and all other feds ON SIGHT! Let freedom ring!,&#8221; Miguel said. 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