A grassroots campaign is developing to urge X CEO Elon Musk to unban the anonymous account of speech martyr Doug Mackey, who was sentenced to prison time by the federal deep state for sharing memes, and help raise money for Mackey’s legal defense fund.

We Are Change founder Luke Rudkowski and ‘Don’t Tase Me Bro’ guy Andrew Meyer are leading the charge for Musk to give Mackey back his highly influential @ricky_vaughn99 account and help raise money for his legal defense fund:

Following his prison sentence, Mackey was interviewed by Tucker Carlson where Mackey described the massive injustice that was perpetrated against him and how it sets a chilling precedent against the 1st Amendment:

Big League Politics reported on when Mackey was convicted for posting memes on social media, which ultimately resulted in his sentencing of 7 months in prison:

“On March 31, 2023, Douglass Mackey, better known by his social media personality “Ricky Vaughn” was convicted in March by a federal jury in Brooklyn of Conspiracy Against Rights originating from his alleged plot to “deprive individuals of their constitutional right to vote”. The final verdict came after a one-week trial that was held before United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly.  Once sentenced, Mackey is expected to face a maximum of 10 years in prison.

Mackey gained notoriety for posting pro-Trump memes and jokes prior to the 2016 election. Mackey was able to remain anonymous until he ended up being doxxed. For a while, Mackey’s activity was never considered to be criminal. 

However, things changed in 2021 when the Justice Department charged him with engaging in election interference. At the time, The Justice Department issued a press release where it stated the following:

“Mackey [i.e., Ricky Vaughn] conspired with others to use social media platforms, including Twitter, to disseminate fraudulent messages designed to encourage supporters of one of the presidential candidates (the ‘Candidate’) to ‘vote’ via text message or social media, a legally invalid method of voting.” In effect, the Biden regime characterized Mackey’s behavior as a form of  voter suppression. Mackey was notorious for posting memes that ridiculed Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign. Under the pretext of “fortifying” elections, Mackey has his free speech rights infringed on.