Twitter locks Mitch McConnell campaign account for posting video of protesters at his home

August 7, 2019

Tim Pearce

Twitter locked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s campaign account after it posted a video of activists making threats against the Kentucky Republican at his home.



Twitter locked the account Wednesday, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. The social media giant has told the campaign that the account will remain locked until the video of protesters is deleted.


"This morning, Twitter locked our account for posting the video of real-world, violent threats made against Mitch McConnell. This is a problem with the speech police in America today," McConnell campaign manager Kevin Golden said. "The Lexington Herald-Leader can attack Mitch with cartoon tombstones of his opponents. But we can’t mock it."


"Twitter will allow the words of 'Massacre Mitch' to trend nationally on their platform, but locks our account for posting actual threats against us," Golden added. "We appealed and Twitter stood by their decision, saying our account will remain locked until we delete the video."


Black Lives Matter Louisville leader Chanelle Helm was captured on video Monday, saying, "just stab the motherf---er in the heart," referring to a McConnell voodoo doll. The video of the comment went viral and was posted by many on Twitter, including McConnell's campaign. Twitter has since started locking other accounts until the video is pulled.


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