UPDATE
Twitter says the account was suspended in error:
Twitter spokesperson says @kc_leavitt's was suspended in "error."
Adds, "This has been reversed, and the account has been reinstated. The account's followers will take 24-48 hours to fully restore." https://t.co/VF8cDMVD4N
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) May 6, 2021
But Stefanik — who the person that posts to her Twitter account — isn’t buying it:
Why does this ONLY happen to conservatives?!
Absolutely outrageous.
Because Big Tech is corrupt. That’s why. https://t.co/fl3WFoDzqb
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) May 6, 2021
ORIGINAL POST
Rep. Elise Stefanik called out Twitter this morning after her comms director, Karoline Leavitt, was suspended.
“An unconstitutional overreach SILENCING our voices and freedom of speech,” she wrote:
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BIG TECH on the MOVE! Twitter just suspended my Communications Director.
An unconstitutional overreach SILENCING our voices and freedom of speech.
Republicans are united in fighting back against Big Tech’s tyranny.
Millions of Americans will not be silenced!
🚨🚨
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) May 6, 2021
We get the overreach part, but “unconstitutional”?
This is not, in fact, unconstitutional. https://t.co/dGyTb70THE
— Joe Cunningham (@JoePCunningham) May 6, 2021
I think tech companies run by random rich men have way too much power over what we can and can't say on the internet. I also know that a private company booting someone off their platform is not unconstitutional. Stefanik knows this too, she's just hoping her readers don't. https://t.co/rc5OMYEpah
— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) May 6, 2021
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Good luck convincing Americans socialism is bad when you're shrieking for the state to seize the means of production because you can't post on a free cat meme website. https://t.co/Iyv38xRB1k
— Donny Ferguson (@DonnyFerguson) May 6, 2021
It’s not clear why she was suspended, however:
Stefanik's comms director Karoline Leavitt's Twitter account has been suspended. Unclear why https://t.co/FXQNCDqAlQ pic.twitter.com/LJamOliZfW
— Nicholas Wu (@nicholaswu12) May 6, 2021
And as of the writing of this post, her account is available but shows that she’s following zero people and has zero followers:
We’ll keep you posted.
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