The campaign account of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell found itself locked out of Twitter after sharing a video containing a threat made against the GOP leader that violated the social media company's policy.
"This morning, Twitter locked our account for posting the video of real-world, violent threats made against Mitch McConnell," McConnell's campaign manager, Kevin Golden, said Wednesday in a statement."This is the problem with the speech police in America today: The Lexington-Herald can attack Mitch with cartoon tombstones of his opponents. But we can't mock it.""Twitter will allow the words 'Massacre Mitch' to trend nationally on their platform.
In the video, a woman could be heard saying McConnell"should have broken his little raggedy, wrinkled-a-- neck." The protesters banged and rang bells as they chanted"liar,""Moscow Mitch." Read MoreThe video no longer appears on McConnell's campaign account as of Thursday morning. A spokesperson from Twitter confirmed that McConnell's campaign was locked out of its account.
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