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Diamond and Silk Were Suspended From Twitter, and for a Moment, Things Were Right With the World

After spewing nothing but misinformation about what should be done to prevent COVID-19 cases, avid Trump allies Diamond and Silk were briefly locked out of their joint Twitter account. Suggested Reading The Root 100 – 2020 Black History Month – 2022 Hip-Hop 50 Year – 2023 Video will return here when scrolled back into view…

After spewing nothing but misinformation about what should be done to prevent COVID-19 cases, avid Trump allies Diamond and Silk were briefly locked out of their joint Twitter account.

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A spokesperson for the social media site told Politico that the duo (born Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson) reportedly violated a term of Twitterโ€™s rules regarding misinformation when they tweeted โ€œThe only way we can become immune to the environment; we must be out in the environment. Quarantining people inside of their houses for extended periods will make people sick!โ€

Their account was suspended on Wednesday (April 8) but has since been recovered. The tweet has been removed entirely, but that hasnโ€™t stopped the terrible twosome from going back on their page to talk about the illness. In a video posted to their account on April 10, Diamond and Silk posted a video about being โ€œbetter, not bitterโ€ despite their brief suspension.

โ€œListen, just because bricks are being thrown in our direction, doesnโ€™t mean we have to stand there and be hit by the bricks,โ€ Diamond said as we rolled our eyes. โ€œThere is something good in every day, and I can hardly wait to see all of the good thatโ€™s gonna come out of all of this.โ€ They also urged their fans (?) to wash their hands, practice social distancing, and โ€œfollow CDC guidelines.โ€

โ€œWe want this process to make us better,โ€ they said, which is a complete flip of what they proposed the other night, but we digress.

https://twitter.com/DiamondandSilk/status/1248785336521687040

In other news, the World Health Organization (WHO) is warning world leaders about lifting lockdown restrictions too early, as it may result in a โ€œdeadly resurgenceโ€ of COVID-19 cases worldwide.

โ€œThe way down can be as dangerous as the way up if not managed properly,โ€ WHO leader and microbiologist Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said of easing up on precautions. Currently, there have been over one million cases of COVID-19 reported worldwide, and the illness has claimed over 100,000 deaths.

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