Sen. Mike Lee suspended by Twitter, 'seeking answers'

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah's, said his personal Twitter account was suspended without explanation Wednesday.

"My personal Twitter account – @BasedMikeLee – has been suspended," Lee tweeted Wednesday afternoon from his congressional account.

"Twitter did not alert me ahead of time, nor have they yet offered an explanation for the suspension. My team and I are seeking answers," he wrote.

Republicans immediately alerted Twitter CEO Elon Musk of the issue.

Lee's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

Prior to his suspension, Lee tweeted about Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, and he called on Japan to free Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis, according to internet archives captured by Wayback Machine.

"Zelensky has no right to presume that our sons and daughters will fight his war. Shame on him. We’ve somehow sent the message that we work for him. Shame on us!" the senator tweeted just minutes before his suspension Wednesday.

"To brush off as inconsequential important conversations about the origins of COVID would be beyond insane," he wrote in an earlier tweet.

"This is yet another reason why our Status of Forces Agreement with Japan is woefully inadequate to protect U.S. military personnel in Japan. @kishida230, you’ve got seven hours. Hand Lt. Alkonis over to U.S. custody immediately," he wrote in an earlier tweet, tagging Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. "If you don’t hand him over in the next seven hours, a series of conversations will begin tomorrow to inform Americans of how poorly you’re treating our military personnel—not just Ridge Alkonis, but all 55,000 U.S. forces in Japan."