It's time for Twitter to "be honest and admit they are just a Democrat propaganda forum," former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino said Monday, while responding to news that conservative Candace Owens had been blocked from Twitter for a short time over the weekend.
"The damage has already been done," said Bongino on Fox News' "Fox & Friends."
"This is a propaganda platform for liberals."
Owens, of Turning Point USA, was blocked for a short time after she copied tweets from New York Times editorial board member Sarah Jeong and changed the word "white" with either the words "Jewish" or "black" in an attempt to make a point about a racial double standard.
Twitter later apologized for blocking Owens' account and allowed it to come back up after it was suspended for 12 hours.
"I'm on Twitter because have you to be," said Bongino. "There is not a viable alternative. They did this to me. I was banned from running ads. I'm still banned from running ads. They never told me why."
Bongino said he and Owens didn't get in trouble because they said anything wrong, but because they are conservatives.
"It's a Democratic platform," said Bongino. "Come out and say it. I know they are trying to make some subtle attempt to reach out to conservatives. They have been hiding it or trying to hide it for a long time. They always say it's an error. The error is always for conservatives and never liberals. It's a complete joke."
However, he said he does not think Congress should become involved.
"I'm a libertarian and Twitter is a free company and free to make stupid decisions," he said.
Unfortunately, they have taken us up on that offer repeatedly. No, it's a free company and should be able to do what they want. And when a good alternative comes up we should seek it out."
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