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Stefanik bashes Twitter after aide’s account suspended in ‘error’
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Rep. Elise Stefanik blasted Twitter on Thursday after the platform briefly suspended the account of one of her aides, a move a company spokesperson later said was an error the site has since reversed.
Stefanik (R-N.Y.) used her campaign Twitter account to rail against the suspension of Karoline Leavitt, her communications director in the House, calling it an “unconstitutional overreach SILENCING our voices and freedom of speech.”
A couple of hours later, a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement that the “account was suspended in error.” It was not immediately clear how long the aide’s account had been suspended.
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In an email to
Newsweek, Stefanik (R-NY) aide Karoline Leavitt said Twitter s suspension of her account was another example of their tyrannical censorship. The platform has said the suspension was an error.
Leavitt also said Republicans had been screaming from the rooftops about tech censorship, particularly since Twitter moved to permanently ban former President Donald Trump in January this year.
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In comments shared with
Newsweek, Leavitt said: Republicans have been screaming from the rooftops for months that if Big Tech can silence the President of the United States, they can silence YOU!
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