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Just over 24 hours after being made aware that his Twitter account had been suspended, former U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta said Monday that his account had been restored.
				Barletta was notified on Sunday afternoon that his personal Twitter account had been suspended. He told the Times Leader that he had received no notice from Twitter about the suspension, nor did he get an explanation as to why the account was suspended.
				The suspension didn&rsquo;t last long, as Barletta said that he received word from Twitter earlier on Monday with two separate reasons as to why they flagged his account.
				&ldquo;The first thing they said was that my account had accidentally been flagged by mistake while they were deleting accounts in bulk,&rdquo; Barletta said on Monday. &ldquo;Then, about three hours later, they said that they suspended it because they thought someone was impersonating me.&rdquo;
				Twitter has been at the center of heated national conversation recently after permanently banning President Trump from the platform.
				The ban came after last week&rsquo;s storming of the U.S. Capitol building by Trump supporters looking to disrupt the electoral vote certification after Trump had repeatedly claimed that the election was fraudulent and that he had actually won.
				The official Twitter Safety account released a statement on Friday stating that Trump had been banned &ldquo;due to the risk of further incitement of violence.&rdquo;
				Barletta has tweeted numerous times alleging election fraud over the past few months, but even after the suspension and reinstatement of his Twitter account, he says he wouldn&rsquo;t change a thing.
				&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve done nothing wrong here, I&rsquo;m not changing my content at all,&rdquo; Barletta said.
				Barletta also said that he would be switching primarily to his congressional Twitter account, which he used while serving in the House of Representatives.
				&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a verified account, so I think it would probably be harder to suspend,&rdquo; Barletta said. &ldquo;Of course, most people don&rsquo;t have this option.&rdquo;
				The former congressman credited the media attention he received in the hours after his Twitter suspension for getting reinstated so quickly, but cautioned that others wouldn&rsquo;t get that same attention.
				&ldquo;Not everybody could get so much attention so quickly, what do they do then?&rdquo; he asked. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re heading down a really slippery slope here.&rdquo;

Barletta’s Twitter account restored