Here’s Why James Woods Is Back In Twitter Jail

Actor and outspoken Conservative James Woods has found himself in hot water again, with social media giant Twitter over a post that showed a Dem in a less than favorable light. Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum’s police report photos leaked, revealing he was in a hotel room with illegal drugs and a male escort. Woods saw this photo and retweeted it, despite it being all over Twitter, he was punished for it.

“Woods’ account was suspended hours after an open letter was published addressing Gillum, Black men and the media about over coverage about the incident. Preston Mitchum and Michael Seaberry argued that news coverage should not be done in such a “salacious way and the terrorizing of Black life must not be the primary entrée. Sharing photos of Mayor Gillum’s naked body, especially in such a vulnerable state, is inexcusable and triggering to a community that has seen our own bodies fetishized and/or slain across the nation, from the lynching tree to Main Street. Quite frankly, we are sick of seeing Black bodies become a call-to-fame and the subject of your headlines.”

Perhaps Twitter also read their open letter as the social media platform apparently took action against Woods and his account at some point on Tuesday and overnight before restoring his tweeting privileges on Wednesday.

Woods has been a major supporter of the president, who in the past has had his fair share of disparaging remarks about and to Gillum. When Gillum challenged the results of the gubernatorial election in 2018, Trump tweeted that he was “an embarrassment to our Country and to Democracy!” Gillum promptly returned fire: “What’s embarrassing to democracy is not counting every vote — and you, of course. Count every vote.”

Florida law enforcement has not verified the images on social media in addition to those published by conservative tabloid the Daily Mail that showed drugs and other images purportedly from inside the hotel room. The Miami Beach Police department announced on Sunday that it had opened a review into how the images along with the corresponding police report were leaked to the media before it was ready to be shared.

After the news broke, Gillum, a 40-year-old married father of three, released a brief statement apologizing. He said he was in Miami “for a wedding celebration when first responders were called to assist one of my friends.” Dyson, who was treated for a drug overdose, was later contacted by a reporter and denied knowing anything about a wedding. Dyson said he and Gillum have “been friends for a while” and that he “personally was not celebrating a wedding.”

Gillum looks like he is leading a double life. But that’s not Woods’s fault, he did not take the photo from the police report, he simply let people know who Gillum really is. And despite his excuses, it looks like Gillum is not the family man he claims to be.