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Home Front: Politix
Twitter locks McConnell campaign’s account over video of protesters
2019-08-09
[NYPOST] Twitter locked Sen. Mitch McConnell’s campaign account after he posted a video of protesters gathered in front of his Kentucky home, shouting that he should "die" and break his "little raggedy wrinkled-ass neck," the company said.

McConnell’s campaign posted the video Tuesday morning after his camp traded jabs with freshman Rep. Alexandria Boom Boom Ocasio-Cortez
Dem represntative from da Bronx in Noo Yawk and leader of the Mean Girl Caucus in Congress. One of the Great Minds of the 21st Century, she is known as much for her innaleck as for her dance moves. She is all in favor of socialism, even though she's fuzzy on the details...
, who slammed McConnell after young supporters of his were pictured "groping and choking" a life-sized cardboard cutout of her.

"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and liberal Twitter personalities are trying to dox some underage kids for taking a photo with a cutout at the Fancy Farm political picnic and are cheering on thousands of accounts calling for Senator McConnell to ’break his neck,’ " the campaign wrote in the tweet that accompanied the video.

In the video, which has been taken down by Twitter, a protester in front of McConnell’s house is heard shouting that he should "die."

"This is this b‐h’s house. He’s in there nursing his little broken arm. He should’ve broken his little raggedy wrinkled-ass neck," the protester says.

"Just stab the motherf‐-r in the heart, please," she adds.

"Retire!" another one of the demonstrators says, according to the video.

"Nah; f‐k that. He’ll get a pension," the other protester shouts back. "Die!"

Twitter temporarily locked the account because the video violated its violent threats policy, "specifically threats involving physical safety," the company said in a statement.

But McConnell’s camp wasn’t buying it and blasted the social media giant for hypocrisy, saying threats against the senator have trended nationally.

"Twitter will allow the words ’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," McConnell’s campaign manager Kevin Golden said in a statement.

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Posted by:Fred

#6  Yet HamAss and Antifa have full Twitter support...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2019-08-09 14:24  

#5  Several national Republican organizations have cancelled their Twitter advertising buys in response, so that may be a half million dollar loss in revenue, not a significant loss in revenue for the company, but a bit more than a fleabite nonetheless. I saw an article about it earlier, but now can’t find it — sorry.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-08-09 13:43  

#4  Just do the usual fed game of raiding and shutting down, as a platform utilized in a conspiracy for suppressing the vote in an upcoming election. When they decry suppression of free speech, just laugh in their face. One set of rules for me and another set of rules for thee, really?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-08-09 13:34  

#3  Stewaht Vahney is a huge sh*ttah shill, also a PayPal and Squah shill. Another reason to chuck FauxBusiness...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-08-09 12:34  

#2  Shut it down.
It's nothing more than an accelerant for hatred.
Posted by: Lex   2019-08-09 07:58  

#1  (SH)itter is what it is...
Posted by: Phaick Uneretle6310   2019-08-09 01:35  

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