Twitter removed a post from the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump PAC, on Tuesday in which it provided the contact information for two lawyers representing President Trump and told its followers to “make them famous.”
A spokesperson for Twitter told the Washington Examiner that the tweet violated the social media platform’s rules on abusive behavior.
“The account owner will be required to delete the violative tweet before regaining access to their account,” the spokesperson said.
“Here are two attorneys attempting to help Trump overturn the will of the Pennsylvanian people,” the Lincoln Project tweeted, providing both the phone numbers and email addresses to doxx the lawyers. “Make them famous.”
Merriam-Webster defines doxxing as publishing “private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge.”
The two lawyers work for the Porter Wright Morris & Arthur law firm’s Pittsburgh location. That firm and the Ohio-based Jones Day law firm are representing the Trump campaign in a federal lawsuit filed on Monday alleging voting irregularities in Pennsylvania, according to the American Bar Association Journal. All told, the two law firms are involved in at least four separate lawsuits related to the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee.
In another series of tweets, the Lincoln Project told its followers to create LinkedIn accounts and ask employees at Porter Wright and Jones Day “how they can work for an organization trying to overturn the will of the American people.” The PAC then told its followers to “reply with screenshots of your messages.”
Defend your democracy:
1. Created a LinkedIn account.
2. Message someone who works at @JonesDay or @PorterWright.
3. Ask them how they can work for an organization trying to overturn the will of the American people. https://t.co/Q3NR5xM4tjhttps://t.co/65DOcAUHYb— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) November 10, 2020
The spokesperson said that the tweet instructing users to contact Jones Day and Porter Wright employees is not in violation of Twitter Rules.
The Lincoln Project defended its tweet, saying that the Trump campaign “targeting the sanctity of election is immoral & ineffective.”
“Donald Trump’s encouragement of harrassment of American democracy is undemocratic, potentially dangerous, and counterproductive,” the organization wrote. “Whatever you think of the Administration’s legal arguments, targeting the sanctity of our elections is immoral & ineffective.”
Donald Trump’s encouragement of harrassment of American democracy is undemocratic, potentially dangerous, and counterproductive. Whatever you think of the Administration’s legal arguments, targeting the sanctity of our elections is immoral & ineffective. https://t.co/b51wTDs21o
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) November 10, 2020
The Lincoln Project, led by a group of Never Trump Republicans and independents, quickly gained national attention for its “personally abusive, overwrought, pointlessly salacious” attacks on Trump and his allies in the Republican Party, according to the Atlantic. After the election, the PAC plans to expand its brand into a new media network, recently signing with United Talent Agency to build Lincoln Media.
The Washington Examiner reached out to the Lincoln Project for further comment.
