Ahmed Moor, a Palestinian American who announced his run to oust Senator John Fetterman in 2028, has had his campaign account on X suspended. They've suspended the campaign account," Moor wrote on his personal X account on Wednesday. The post included a screenshot showing Moor's campaign account, with the handle @moorforpa, was suspended with a notice saying X "suspends accounts that violate our rules." The account had garnered more than 33,000 followers by the time it was suspended.
It was not immediately clear why X suspended Moor’s campaign account. His campaign accounts on other social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, remain active. Newsweek has contacted X and Moor’s campaign for comment via emails sent outside regular business hours and is awaiting responses.
X, formerly known as Twitter, is owned by billionaire Elon Musk. He spent half-a-billion dollars to help Republicans retain control of Congress in the midterm elections, only for Democrats to take control of both the House and Senate. Moor, 42, became the first Democrat to formally launch a primary challenge against Fetterman on Monday.
A Palestinian American writer and businessman who was born in Gaza and now lives in Philadelphia, Moor is a democratic socialist who has never held political office besides a recent role on the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee. "I’m running to end the war in Iran and to promote the dignity agenda: free healthcare, free childcare, and affordable housing," he wrote on X on Monday. "I’m calling for accountability for genocide, for ICE and for corruption.
And finally, for the protection of our civil liberties in America." His announcement came after last week’s midterm elections showed growing frustration with the United States’ relationship with Israel, fueled by the unpopular U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. President Donald Trump has since suggested cutting off aid to Israel and Vice President JD Vance has partly blamed his party’s defeat on U.S.-Israel relations. Moor supports withdrawing aid from Israel.
"I grew up in Philadelphia, but was born in Gaza, Palestine," his campaign website says. "A few years ago my birthplace was turned to rubble in a genocide funded by our tax dollars, with the support of politicians on both sides of the aisle who can’t find money for healthcare, transit, or removing asbestos from our schools." Independent experts commissioned by the U.N. said in a recent report that Israel has continued to carry out a genocide against the Palestinian people even after a ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Israel has repeatedly denied accusations of genocide.
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