Nota Baloyi, a South African who spoke to The Intercept on Wednesday, had his visa revoked for tweeting that Kirk “won’t be remembered as a hero. He was used to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash!”

Nota Baloyi, a South African who spoke to The Intercept on Wednesday, had his visa revoked for tweeting that Kirk “won’t be remembered as a hero. He was used to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash!”

Last Friday he received a brief email notification from the U.S. consular office revoking his visa. The message made no reference to his social media activity.

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    4 days ago

    Because they’re stupid. Same people who think we just need to vote in Dems to stop ICE, even though Dems keep voting to increase ICE funding, and Dems issued a public thank you letter to ICE agents when the raids started.