Steve Bannon’s podcast account was permanently suspended by Twitter after the former Trump aide suggested that Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded.
During his “War Room: Pandemic” podcast, Bannon said the president should fire both Fauci and Wray.
“I actually want to go a step farther, but I realize the president is a kindhearted man and a good man,” Bannon said.
“I’d actually like to go back to the old times of Tudor England,” Bannon continued. “I’d put the heads on pikes, right? I’d put them at the two corners of the White House as a warning to federal bureaucrats: ‘You either get with the program or you’re gone.’”
In a statement, Twitter said: “The @WarRoomPandemic account has been permanently suspended for violating the Twitter Rules, specifically our policy on the glorification of violence.”
A Bannon spokeswoman told CNBC that Bannon “never called for violence of any kind” and that he was speaking metaphorically.
YouTube also pulled the episode of the podcast.
Bannon is free on $5 million bond on federal charges of fraud and money laundering.