Representative Jim Banks suspended from Twitter after misgendering trans health official Dr. Rachel Levine

U.S. Representative Jim Banks, a Republican from Indiana, has been suspended from Twitter after using the wrong pronouns in a tweet about Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, who is transgender.

Levine made history this month when she became the first openly transgender four-star officer in any of the nation's eight uniformed services, the Department of Health and Human Services announced. The former pediatrician's appointment also made her the first female four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps' history. 

Banks tweeted about the historic promotion, according to the Associated Press, writing: "The title of first female four-star officer gets taken by a man." The tweet is now unavailable as Banks' Twitter handle, which he uses for his political career, was suspended.