Liberal journalist Aaron Rupar tweeted his thanks to his “amazing online community” for standing by him during his tragic banning by Twitter CEO Elon Musk for just over 24 hours after doxing him, acting as though he had just survived a brush with death instead of a suspension.

“Criticizing me all day long is totally fine, but doxxing my real-time location and endangering my family is not,” Musk tweeted on Thursday night just before he suspended the accounts of a number of prominent journalists.

“7 day suspension for doxxing. Some time away from Twitter is good for the soul …” the Chief Twit went on to add. He would eventually run a poll and restore the accounts of those suspended due to popular demand.

“I want to thank everyone for all the support and kind words over the past day and some change. I was pretty bummed about getting suspended initially but quickly realized it’d be fine because I’m blessed to have an amazing online community. Seriously, I appreciate it a lot. Cheers,” Rupar tweeted.

I want to thank everyone for all the support and kind words over the past day and some change. I was pretty bummed about getting suspended initially but quickly realized it’d be fine because I’m blessed to have an amazing online community. Seriously, I appreciate it a lot. Cheers

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 17, 2022

Criticizing me all day long is totally fine, but doxxing my real-time location and endangering my family is not

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 16, 2022

“Early Thursday evening, I started receiving messages that my Twitter account was suspended. I initially thought I was being trolled. But I picked up my phone to check it out and lo and behold, it’s true,” the independent reporter posted on substack.

“I never posted anything Elon Jet related or that could violate the policy about disclosing locations. Unless the policy is that you criticize Elon and you get banned,” Rupar snarked to CNN’s Oliver Darcy.

Aaron Rupar tells me, “I never posted anything Elon Jet related or that could violate the policy about disclosing locations. Unless the policy is that you criticize Elon and you get banned.”

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 16, 2022

Rupar’s tweet was hammered by users on Twitter who obviously were not part of his “amazing online community.”

Newsmax host Rob Schmitt offered his condolences and possibly a tissue, “I don’t know how you handled such a tragedy – you’re amazing ❄️.”

I don’t know how you handled such a tragedy – you’re amazing ❄️ https://t.co/2HLZE3aUvh

— Rob Schmitt (@SchmittNYC) December 17, 2022

One user hilariously tweeted, “lmao imagine thinking you’re a 1A martyr when the internet has your last name as a verb because you suck so bad at your job.”

S.E. Robinson, Jr. noted the trauma of a suspension was more than Rupar could possibly bear, “These comments are like he survived a near fatal accident and just woke from a coma . @elonmusk I never knew a 3 day Twitter suspension was so traumatizing.”

The Illinois Tea Party Project pointed out, “What a loser. It’s a twitter account. Not a firstborn child.”

Breitbart journalist Alana Mastrangelo hammered Rupar, “Now you know what it feels like to get banned from the public square on the whims of your overlords. And you’re lucky, you were suspended for what? Two days? Lmao. Imagine it being years.”

Libs of TikTok tweeted, “Unlike Aaron Rupar, I never violated Twitter rules. Twitter themselves confirmed this.”

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1603590824658231301

Anthony Abides was not thrilled with Rupar’s return from the land of the banned, “Looking forward to all the misinformation you’ll be spreading across this website.”

And the hits just kept on coming and deservedly so:

Seriously, Aaron Rupar, welcome to the world of what it feels like being a conservative on social media. Lmao. pic.twitter.com/SNtSOTwB8O

— Alana Mastrangelo (@ARmastrangelo) December 17, 2022

Lol so @CBCNews had Aaron Rupar on to whine about being suspended from Twitter for doxxing @elonmusk.

Watch Rupar grin with delight when the conversation turns towards Musk saying his family was threatened because of accounts publishing his real-time location data. pic.twitter.com/xWw4gHfs2p

— Cosmin Dzsurdzsa 🇷🇴 (@cosminDZS) December 16, 2022

Watch Aaron Rupar talk about his time being suspended like he's Nelson Mandela.

— Noam Blum (@neontaster) December 16, 2022

I had no idea who Aaron Rupar was until he got suspended.

— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) December 16, 2022

Aaron Rupar being suspended from Twitter is hilarious, not gonna lie.

Dude has no other life.

— Lavern Spicer 🇺🇸 (@lavern_spicer) December 16, 2022

Great. Aaron Rupar all over MSNBC and CNN now. Great work team. https://t.co/HoKOeVl2hZ

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 17, 2022

Aaron Rupar DID break the rules, and he knows it—but it’s only an afterthought in his Substack article where he cries about doing no wrong and insinuates his suspension resulted from negative coverage of @elonmusk.

He even attempts to justify the behavior. Sick. pic.twitter.com/plyYUVpJJg

— Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) December 16, 2022

The suspension of Aaron Rupar leaves a huge gap in the selectively edited, out-of-context video market. Some real opportunities there.

— Katie Herzog (@kittypurrzog) December 16, 2022

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