Twitter locked White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany out of her personal account for sharing a story from the New York Post on Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic nominee Joe Biden, she said Wednesday.
McEnany confirmed the news in a statement to the Washington Examiner.
“I’ve been locked out of my account. This is censorship!” she said.
She later criticized Twitter’s decision from her official government account, writing, “Censorship should be condemned! NOT the American way.”
In order for McEnany to regain access to her account, Twitter told her she must “remove tweets that violate our rules,” specifically referencing its rules on “hacked material,” according to a screenshot.
A Twitter spokesperson confirmed to the Washington Examiner that McEnany was locked out of her personal account.
BREAKING: Twitter has locked the personal account of White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany for sharing news Democrats don’t like. pic.twitter.com/eR8HhkgqVY
— Trump War Room – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) October 14, 2020
Censorship should be condemned!
cc: @Twitter & Facebook
NOT the American way‼️ ??
— Kayleigh McEnany (@PressSec) October 14, 2020
On Wednesday, the New York Post ran a story that purported to show Hunter Biden facilitated communications between his father and then-Vice President Joe Biden and Vadym Pozharskyi, who served as an adviser to the board of Ukrainian energy firm Burisma that the younger Biden was once on. The Biden campaign categorically denied the report.
