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Twitter Suspends Account of Ilhan Omar’s Challenger

HeadlineDec 02, 2019

Twitter has permanently suspended the account of a potential challenger to Minnesota Democratic Congressmember Ilhan Omar, after she called for Omar to be tried for treason and hanged, in a now-deleted tweet. Republican candidate Danielle Stella has been suspended for “repeated violations” of Twitter’s rules. Congressmember Ilhan Omar has repeatedly received death threats, especially since President Trump tweeted about her last spring.

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