Newsmax’s Emerald Robinson Permanently Banned from Twitter After Doubling Down on Vaccine Nonsense

Newsmax White House Correspondent Emerald Robinson is not enjoying a good week. She has recently been benched by the right-wing cable news network, and after a brief suspension, resurfaced on Twitter Tuesday continuing to push nonsense about the Covid-19 vaccines.

But Robinson immediately received another suspension by the social media platform again, and now it appears that her banning is permanent.

In a statement provided to The Hill, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed that Robinson’s second suspension in one week’s time is now a permanent banning. To quote Robinson’s frequent political missives on Twitter, “RIP Emerald Robinson.”

Some background for the blissfully unaware: Last week Robinson shared an insane, false claim about the vaccines containing luciferase, adding the government will use it to track people.

Newsmax later acknowledged in a statement provided to Mediaite that luciferase is not an ingredient in the vaccines, and the network stated they are “a strong proponent that Covid 19 vaccines are overarchingly safe and effective.”

Robinson was suspended from Twitter, but her account was still up, and earlier Tuesday she returned to the social media site doubling down on luciferase. Robinson posted on Substack standing by her previous claim and actually saying, “One more thing: the new COVID-19 antibody test is called SATiN and it uses Luciferase. No, I’m not kidding.”

“It’s not an accident that they’ve given this name to this test. It’s a warning,”

Her bonkers claim was debunked months ago. As the Associated Press reported in April, the luciferase enzyme was used in covid-19 research, but is not actually in the vaccines themselves:

While luciferase is not found in COVID-19 vaccines, the enzyme has been used in some COVID-19 research, as its ability to release light can help scientists visually track how viruses and vaccines affect cells. At the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, luciferase has helped speed up diagnostic COVID-19 testing, because it allows researchers to see the presence of antibodies more quickly than they could using other methods. At the University of South Florida School of Public Health, luciferase helped researchers see how well a coronavirus proxy invaded cells, and which cells were most vulnerable.

Hours after announcing her return to Twitter, Robinson was suspended yet again, and now that banning is permanent.