Twitter locked Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s campaign Twitter account for posting a video that it says violates violent threats policy.
has locked Mitch McConnell’s campaign Twitter account, Team Mitch, for posting a video of a profanity-laden protest outside of the Republican senator’s home in Louisville, Kentucky.Twitter hid the video on the account, but replies from the Team Mitch account in the same thread characterizing the language in the video as “serious calls to physical violence” and criticizing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez remain visible.
The campaign will have to remove the tweet in order to regain the ability to post on the account, according to“The user was temporarily locked out of their account for a Tweet that violated our violent threats policy, specifically threats involving physical safety,” a Twitter representative said of the account freeze.“Twitter locked our account for posting the video of real-world, violent threats made against Mitch McConnell,” campaign manager Kevin Golden said.
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