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Twitter suspends McConnell campaign account after posting video of protester shouting threats...
Twitter suspends McConnell campaign account after posting video of protester shouting threats, profanities
By Justin Wise - 08/07/19 08:52 PM EDT
Twitter has suspended the account for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) campaign after the account shared a video of a protester's profanity-laced rant outside the senator's home.
A Twitter spokesperson told The Hill that the @Team_Mitch account was locked because a tweet "violated our violent threats policy, specifically threats involving physical safety.”
McConnell campaign manager Kevin Golden told The Hill that the account was locked Wednesday morning "for posting the video of real-world, violent threats made against Mitch McConnell."
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"This is a problem with the speech police in America today," Golden said in response to the account's suspension. "Twitter will allow the words of 'Massacre Mitch; to trend nationally on their platform, but locks our account for posting actual threats against us. We appealed and Twitter stood by their decision, saying our account will remain locked until we delete the video."
An aide to the McConnell campaign said the account was still suspended as of Wednesday evening and that Twitter had said it would remain that way until the post was deleted. The aide added that Twitter had taken the video down, but that the campaign was still being asked to delete the tweet officially.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/456646-twitter-suspends-mcconnell-campaign-for-posting-video-of-protesters-profanity
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