Michael Rapaport bid a not-so-fond farewell to Alex Jones’ presence on YouTube and other platforms on Monday, decrying conspiracy theorist Jones as a “f—ing lunatic” and a “piece of s—.”
In a passionate video posted to his Twitter account, Rapaport made no secret about how he felt about Jones, telling the InfoWars honcho, “No freedom of speech for you.”
The caption to the video bore a similar sentiment, declaring, “They kicked that dumbass @RealAlexJones off YouTube… Or maybe it’s a Hoax? Bye Bye Bish.”
In the video, Rapaport asks, “You know that guy Alex Jones? The InfoWars guy? You know who I’m talking about? The guy with no lips, that f—ing lunatic?”
“Atypical” star and podcaster Rapaport continues, “They removed all his content from Facebook, iTunes, Pinterest and YouTube.”
“Good, you f—. You know the piece of s— I’m talking about, right? Alex Jones, who said that the Sandy Hook shooting where the kids and the teachers died in the school, was a hoax? You know which piece of shit I’m talking about, Alex f—ing Jones? You know, right?”
Rapaport adds, “They shut you down, you f—, you. Good! No freedom of speech for you, you piece of s—. Good, you f—ing lunatic. Good!”
The actor concluded his video with, “Bye-bye, f—o!”
On Monday, YouTube and Pinterest joined Apple, Facebook and Spotify, removing the channel for Alex Jones’ InfoWars. YouTube also removed Jones’ personal YouTube channel.
“This account has been terminated for violating YouTube’s Community Guidelines,” reads a message displayed on the former InfoWars YouTube channel landing page. The move comes after the removal on July 26 of four Jones videos from the platform.
Jones’ YouTube channel had 2.4 million followers.
In an earlier statement to TheWrap, the InfoWars chief accused China and George Soros of being behind the effort to silence him.
“China pulls the strings of big tech now. Choose a side. Soros is proud of you,” Jones said via text, which also included a Chinese flag emoji.
On Monday, Facebook — which had already slapped a 30-day suspension on Alex Jones’ personal Facebook page — removed a number of official InfoWars related pages, including “The Infowars Nightly News” “The Alex Jones Page” “Infowars Page” and the “Alex Jones Channel Page.”
Facebook later clarified that its decision to get rid of Jones’ content was related only to specific violations of community standards and not to his long history of propagating false information on the platform.
Watch Rapaport say ta-ta to Jones in the video below.
Trump's Relationship to Alex Jones: A Breakdown (Photos)
The recent backlash against Megyn Kelly and NBC for interviewing Alex Jones has renewed the spotlight on the host of conservative show "Info Wars." Kelly said in a statement Tuesday that she wanted to interview Jones because of his ties with President Donald Trump. Here's a breakdown of their relationship.
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Trump and Jones began a relationship on Trump's campaign trail, and have peddled some of the same conspiracy theories, according to Mother Jones. Perhaps Trump's most popular conspiracy theory is that President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States (he was), a theory also perpetuated by Jones.
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In December 2015, Trump was a guest on Jones' show. Jones introduced Trump as "a maverick" who "tells it like it is." Jones opened the show by praising Trump for taking attacks from media outlets like the Washington Post and the New York Post. Jones theorizes that the attacks on 9/11 were a hoax; it was surprising that a Republican candidate would go on a show whose host postures that the previous Republican president was part of such an elaborate hoax.
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At a January 2016 campaign event, Trump called Jones "a nice guy."
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In February 2016, senior policy advisor to Trump Stephen Miller appeared on "Info Wars," and repeatedly spoke to Jones' audience asking for support. "If you want to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership, if you want to close the border, if you want to protect American jobs and wages, then you have to support Donald J. Trump," Miller said.
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"Hillary for prison" became the rallying cry at the 2016 Republican National Convention. The phrase was initially found on merchandise on the "Info Wars" website. Jones was a "special guest" at the convention.
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Trump continued to parrot Jones' ideas. Last August, Jones said, "It is surreal to talk about issues here on air, and then word-for-word hear Trump say it two days later."
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Also last August, Jones said on his show that he personally talked to Trump and encouraged him to push the idea that the election would be rigged. Trump did end up pushing this idea. "I'm afraid the election's going to be rigged. I have to be honest," Trump said at an Ohio campaign stop.
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In November 2016, Trump's advisor Roger Stone told the Washington Post that Jones would be a "valuable asset" to Trump.
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After the election, Jones said in an "Info Wars" video that Trump called him to thank him. "I wanted to talk to you to thank your audience," Jones said the then-president-elect told him.
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Even Hillary Clinton weighed in on Trump's reliance on Jones for ideas throughout the campaign, and released an attack ad featuring Jones. "This is what Trump listens to," says the ad as Jones talks about chemicals put in the water to make people gay.
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Jones' website is full of references to "presstitutes," and discredits news organizations like NPR and CNN. Trump is known for discrediting several news organizations. For example, in February he called the media "the enemy."
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POTUS calls conspiracy theorist profiled by Megyn Kelly “a nice guy”
The recent backlash against Megyn Kelly and NBC for interviewing Alex Jones has renewed the spotlight on the host of conservative show "Info Wars." Kelly said in a statement Tuesday that she wanted to interview Jones because of his ties with President Donald Trump. Here's a breakdown of their relationship.