Senate Candidate Suspended From Twitter Over Post About Transgender Athletes
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Miss.) has been temporarily suspended from Twitter over a post targeting transgender athletes. In her post , Hartzler claimed that “women’s sports are for women, not men pretending to be women.”…
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Miss.) has been temporarily suspended from Twitter over a post targeting transgender athletes.
In her post, Hartzler claimed that “women’s sports are for women, not men pretending to be women.” She included a link to an ad targeting Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer.
Hartzler was suspended for violating the platform’s policy against hateful conduct. A spokesperson for Twittertold The Hill, “This includes targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals.”
They added, “The account owner will need to delete the violative Tweet and spend 12 hours in read-only mode before regaining full access to their account.”
According to The Associated Press, a statement issued by Hartzler’s campaign called the suspension “shameful, utterly ridiculous, and a horrible abuse of censorship by big tech giants to stifle free speech.”
The campaign also said she would not be deleting the tweet.
In her ad, Hartzler targeted the swimmer, saying