Charlie Kirk Was "Banned" From Twitter (Now X) 5 Years Before His Death – Here's Why

"I’m kind of in a hostage situation with Twitter."

Mustafa Gatollari - Author
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Updated Sept. 11 2025, 10:48 a.m. ET

Why Did Twitter (Now X) Ban Charlie Kirk in 2020?
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Five years before his death, Charlie Kirk was banned from X (formerly known as Twitter).

At the time, he was one of President Donald Trump's most ardent supporters and the founder and President of Turning Point USA. His Twitter bio also read, "We are all sinners saved by Jesus."

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Many of his tweets and videos showcased him "owning" radical left-wing protesters in various segments, poking holes in claims made by Democratic leadership, and highlighting scandals that members of the DNC are involved with.

So, what did he tweet that got him banned from X?

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Why was Charlie Kirk really "banned" from Twitter (now X) in 2020?

Much like many political mouthpieces who are quick to tell protesters to keep their opinions to themselves, Charlie was outraged by the fact that his X account was locked followed specific comments he made with regards to mail-in voting.

Charlie was locked out of his X account for "Violating Twitter’s rules against posting misleading information about voting."

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Charlie had retweeted a news story that contained false information regarding mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania. Charlie wrote, "I’m kind of in a hostage situation with Twitter. I do not have access to my Twitter account because I tweeted a widely reported story."

Although the story was "widely reported," it did contain information that was found to be categorically false.

Remember, there was a lot of fear with regard to mail-in voter fraud being shared online from both Republican and Democratic party supporters, with DNC stans stating that Trump intentionally slowed down mail so ballots can't be disseminated properly, and GOP ride-or-dies pointed to instances of voter fraud all over the country as some part of a scheme of Joe Biden's campaign.

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Also, it wasn't just the fact that he retweeted the story, but included text in his tweet that had false information in it.

"Pennsylvania just rejected 372,000 mail-in ballots," he wrote. "One voter was said to have submitted 11 duplicate ballots. Pennsylvania might be the key to winning the White House. What’s going on?"

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However, Charlie's account wasn't locked for long.

At the time of his death, Charlie had 5.6 million followers on X.

Charlie was active on X until his final day. His last few tweets before he was shot and killed at Utah Valley University were focused on the murder of Iryna Zarutska.

"If we want things to change, it's 100% necessary to politicize the senseless murder of Iryna Zarutska because it was politics that allowed a savage monster with 14 priors to be free on the streets to kill her," he wrote just one day before his death on September 10.

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In another tweet, he added, "The left accuses conservatives of "racializing" the death of Iryna Zarutska, while literally making sure to capitalize the word 'Black' while not capitalizing the other, inferior color of white. They are a pack of liars who have racialized quite literally everything in America since at least 2014, but really since long before that. They're not mad we're talking about race, they're just mad their white guilt spell is no longer working. Enough."

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