X Allegedly Suspends ‘White Dudes for Harris’ Account After Group Raises $4 Million for Her Campaign: ‘We Scared Elon Musk’

variety.com:

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor White Dudes for Harris, a pop-up group backing VP Kamala Harris‘ bid to defeat Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election featuring some notable Hollywood white guys, said Elon Musk‘s X had suspended its account — right after it hosted a YouTube livestream that raised more than $4 million for the Harris campaign.

Mike Nellis, founder/CEO of digital advertising firm Authentic, who is one of the organizers of White Dudes for Harris, wrote in a post Monday evening that X notified the group its account was suspended for “Violating our rules against evading suspension.” “We scared @elonmusk and @DonaldJTrumpJr so much tonight they suspended our account and won’t let us back in,” Nellis wrote. “These guys are running scared of the success we’ve had tonight, but we’re not going to quit.” In a follow-up posted, he added, “I ask this question seriously… are we the first white dudes to ever get suspended by @elonmusk’s Twitter?

I think we are.” In an update Tuesday morning, Nellis wrote that “Our tweets are back (@dudes4harris) but our account remains suspended and according to Twitter our account is ‘permanently in read-only mode.’” A representative for X did not respond to a request for comment.

Hamill, commenting on the seeming suspension, wrote, “In a little over 3 hours, the @dudes4harris Zoom call triggered $4M in donations for @KamalaHarris.