A social-media account for white male supporters of Kamala Harris was briefly suspended from X, formerly Twitter, sparking anger online.

Newsweek observed that the White Dudes for Harris X account had been temporarily suspended after the group held a star-studded virtual call on Monday night that raised more than $4 million.

It is not clear why the account was suspended, but it appeared to have been restored as of the early hours of Tuesday. The automated message when the account was suspended read: “X suspends accounts which violate the X rules.”

Mike Nellis, who is involved in the organization, shared an update on Tuesday explaining that while the X account is live again, it still remains suspended.

In response to the suspension, Ross Morales Rocketto, an organizer for the group, wrote, “Got @elonmusk [X owner] scared.”

Brett Meiselas, the co-founder of outlet MeidasTouch, shared on X a photo of the suspended account, along with the message: “This is the real election interference.”

  • lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Because a hell of a lot of white guys are extremely racist. It’s important for these men to come out and publicly declare that they support not only a woman but a black woman. It’s important to do it in a way that will get attention, fit with the tone of the campaign and get the point across that it’s cool to support and embrace women and weird and creepy to hate them.

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      4 months ago

      You’re half right, I think it’s more so like minded white guys can come together with other non-racist non-sexist men like them. Rather than them virtue signaling that they aren’t either of those things it’s a space where they can be with their own kind and not expect a racist/sexist or two in the mix - which is kind of nice for a change.

      When I think of a random assortment of white guys theres always someone with a Molon Labe tattoo or a Proud Boys hoodie in their closet and that’s really the turd in the punch bowl when it comes to the male white sort of people. I have no experience with the WDFH group but that is my impression.