Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesLongtime Trump advisor and self-proclaimed political “agent provocateur” Roger Stone has been permanently banned from Twitter after he used the social media platform to attack and threaten CNN journalists on Friday night, according to The Hollywood Reporter and other news outlets. The “stark truth” Stone claims to have been suspended for was, in fact, a series of vulgar, homophobic attacks on CNN staffers on Friday. Though Stone’s tweets are now deleted from the network, some took screenshots of the tirade before his account was taken down:I wonder if these angry, racist Roger Stone tweets violate the @Twitter terms of service agreement. 🤔 https://t.co/geie7D1mGu pic.twitter.com/OErvQQjqKO — Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) October 28, 2017Lemon and Charles Blow weren’t Stone’s only targets at CNN on Friday. Regardless, following the Stone ban, a torrent of criticism will likely be directed at the company from Trump allies, Trump supporters, and possibly even Trump himself.

Source: CNN October 29, 2017 03:24 UTC