In March 2020, "Metal Injection", "The A.V. Club", and "Slate" all reported that the band's Twitter account had gone on a week-long effort of arguing with and insulting people. It began with insults of civil rights activist and bishop Talbert W. Swan II and accusations of having a "victim mentality". The comments then expanded into areas such as defending the Unite the Right rally, calling people "nerds", challenging the existence of white privilege in society, supporting Trump's "Chinese virus" rhetoric in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic, and fat-shaming women. This caused some viewers to label Brown as a racist and homophobic. "Loudwire" noted that many notable bands and musicians later responded to counter or ridicule the claims. Brown later used the band account to threaten legal action against an unflattering parody account assuming Trapt's identity, only to drop the issue on the same day once the account altered its Twitter handle to make the parody clearer. In May 2020, Brown threatened legal action against multiple Change.org petitions to keep the band's music off of the upcoming "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2" re-release, even though the band's music never appeared on the originals nor was announced for the remaster. In the same month, Brown used the band's account to blame George Floyd for his own death.