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Rep. Taylor Greene’s Twitter feed suspended

BY DAVE GOLDINER

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s official congressional Twitter feed was briefly suspended over tweets denouncing a planned rally supporting transgender rights outside the Supreme Court.

The right-wing firebrand said Wednesday the social media giant disabled the account for several hours and blocked access to tweets about the socalled “Trans Day of Vengeance” rally that is planned for Saturday.

“My official Twitter account was temporarily suspended for warning about (the rally),” Greene tweeted.

The lawmaker accused the leftist Antifa of being behind the rally even though the organizing Trans Radical Activist Network makes no mention of that on its web site.

A Twitter official said Greene’s tweets and account were targeted because the site considered them to be promoting the rally, not deriding it.

“We do not support tweets that incite violence irrespective of who posts them,” said Ella Irwin, a Twitter vice president. “‘Vengeance’ does not imply peaceful protest.”

Greene is an outspoken critic of LGBTQ rights and backs laws prohibiting minors from undergoing genderaffirming care even with their parents’ support.

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