Former Illinois Attorney General candidate Thomas DeVore is suing Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie for alleged censorship on her Facebook page used for government business. DeVore claims McCombie banned him from her page after he criticized her political actions. McCombie's spokesperson calls the lawsuit politically motivated.
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“More recently, DeVore expressed critical viewpoints of Leader McCombie’s political actions on her Primary Public Forum in response to Facebook post she had made about government business. As a result of DeVore’s expression of these critical viewpoints, Leader McCombie has banned him completely from her Primary Public Forum and has otherwise deleted his comments,” the lawsuit alleged.
A second Facebook page for McCombie focused on her role as House Minority Leader was created in September, the lawsuit said.
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