WASHINGTON - A federal judge has banned a Virginia man from using Twitter after he was charged with making threats to Republican senators and other members of Congress using the social media platform.

Kyler Schmitz of Alexandria, Virginia, has been charged in Virginia's Eastern District with making threats against two senators.

"I'm going to shoot you in the head for allowing someone to murder my loved ones," he reportedly Tweeted to one senator, according to a federal complaint.

"I am literally going to buy a gun shoot you in the face I watch your brains splat #BangBangByeB----," he said in another tweet to a senator.

Congressional committee staff alerted the U.S. Capitol Police.

Schmitz made the alleged threats under the Twitter handle @Chirperson, federal officials said in court files. The account has been suspended, according to a link to the profile.

He also allegedly sent a message to a Twitter account associated with the National Rifle Association asking about buying a rifle, according to the documents.

Schmitz's fiancé told NBC Washington, which first reported on his arrest, that the tweets were not serious threats but satirical.

"It wasn't him as a real person," Paul Cianciolo said in a videotaped interview with the station outside of the courthouse. "It was a creative outlet."

Cianciolo told the Post he stands by that assessment and that the couple will be making its case in court.

An attorney for Schmitz did not comment Wednesday.

During a bond hearing Tuesday, Judge Theresa Buchanan ordered Schmitz to stay away from Washington D.C. and barred him from using Twitter.

"The accused in this case could (and may well) raise ... first amendment challenges" to the Twitter ban, Scott Shackelford, a professor of cybersecurity law at Indiana University said in an email. But, he added, "the threatening nature of the Tweets in question" could be used to justify the ban.

The judge also ordered Schmitz to undergo mental health testing and treatment. The judge allowed him to be released as long as he gets approval for movement outside of his home.

As a driver for the car service company Uber, prosecutors said, Schmitz is allowed to use the internet to access online banking, Google Maps, and the Uber website.

Uber did not immediately return a request for comment.