One of the largest conservative voices was just kicked to the curb by the Orwellians at YouTube.
Dan Bongino, who previously worked as a Secret Service agent, had 900,000 subscribers on YouTube before he was banned, but that's only a fraction of the people who listen to his TV and radio programs.
The Fox host uploaded a video to his main channel while his secondary channel, which primarily hosted short clips from his digital radio show, was actively suspended for violating YouTube's COVID-19 misinformation policy.
"When a channel receives a strike, it is against our Terms of Service to post content or use another channel to circumvent the suspension," a YouTube spokesperson told The Hill.
Both of Bongino's channels have been removed and he will not be able to create a new one in the future, the platform said.
This was why he was banned:
Not only is Bongino a Fox News host, but his show was chosen to replace the air time dedicated to the late Rush Limbaugh. Nearly 2 million people tuned in to the launch of Bongino's weekend Fox program last year, but that's a fraction of the 8.5 million who regularly listen to Bongino on more than 300 radio stations around the United States.
Why is that important?
Because it means something when you ban the fourth most popular radio host in the nation!
This is especially true when YouTube lets leftist commentators and mainstream outlets like CNN spew straight lies with very little fact-checking and zero threat of being banned.
Fortunately, Bongino has been one of the loudest voices and the most prominent investors for alternative platforms such as Rumble, a direct YouTube competitor that has skyrocketed in popularity in recent months.
"The Dan Bongino Show" channel, which posts full episodes of his weekday show, boasts over 2 million Rumble subscribers.
The platform's popularity has soared recently, reaching over 30 million monthly viewers in the first quarter of 2021 from under 2 million in the fall of 2020.
It has attracted support from former President Trump, whose new media venture TRUTH Social announced a partnership with Rumble last month, and politicians including Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who announced he would be joining the platform after being suspended from YouTube.
