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Twitter blocks Marsha Blackburn’s pro-life Senate campaign ad

By Gabby Morrongiello
Published October 9, 2017 8:41pm ET
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Twitter blocks Marsha Blackburn’s pro-life Senate campaign ad
The two-minute ad, in which Blackburn describes herself as "100 percent pro-life," began appearing online after she announced her bid for the Tennessee Senate seat that GOP Sen. Bob Corker plans to retire from next year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

A digital ad by Republican Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn was blocked by Twitter on Monday after the company claimed it contained an “inflammatory statement” related to abortion.

Blackburn used her two-minute ad to say she “fought Planned Parenthood, and we stopped the sale of baby body parts, thank God.”

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