Twitter Suspends US Senate Candidate Vicky Hartzler for Hateful Conduct

Hartzler's tweet, posted in mid-February, said: "Women’s sports are for women, not men pretending to be women.”

By Associated Press | Updated: 2 March 2022 13:45 IST

Twitter Suspends US Senate Candidate Vicky Hartzler for Hateful Conduct

Photo Credit: Twitter/ @RepHartzler

Twitter suspended the personal Twitter account of Vicky Hartzler

Highlights

US Senate candidate Vicky Hartzler posted the tweet in February
Hartzler is yet to take down the transphobic tweet
Hartzler cannot tweet, retweet, follow or like posts until she does

A US Senate candidate for Missouri says she has no plans to delete a transphobic tweet that violated Twitter's rules against hateful conduct, even after the social media platform said she won't be able to tweet, retweet, follow or like posts until she does.

Twitter suspended Vicky Hartzler 's personal account on Monday.

Hartzler's tweet, posted in mid-February, said: "Women's sports are for women, not men pretending to be women,” and included her TV ad targeting transgender people in sports and particularly University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas.

A statement from 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 said Hartzler will not delete the tweet.

Hartzler is a congresswoman representing Missouri's 4th District. She is among several Republicans vying for the 2022 Senate seat. Incumbent Republican Roy Blunt announced last year he would not seek a third term.

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