Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had his campaign Twitter account locked after he posted a video of protestors threatening him at his home.
McConnell’s “TeamMitch” account was locked out on Wednesday over a profanity-ridden video of a protest outside his house, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. Twitter spokeswoman Katie Rosborough said the tweet violated the site’s “violent threats policy”
“The user was temporarily locked out of their account for a Tweet that violated our violent threats policy, specifically threats involving physical safety,” said Rosborough.
JUST IN: @Team_Mitch is in @Twitter jail. https://t.co/AhYcHX703k #KYSen #FreeMitch pic.twitter.com/2sFu9pYgjm
— Philmonger (@phillipmbailey) August 7, 2019
Kevin Golden — McConnell’s re-election campaign manager — told the Courier-Journal that Twitter’s locking of the account illustrated “a problem with the speech police in America today.” – READ MORE