Don’t call for Twitter bans, Kevin McCarthy

Published August 1, 2018 4:05pm ET



House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told Twitter founder Jack Dorsey to ban an account that referred to the first lady as a “hoebag” this week. And McCarthy is wrong to do so.

On Monday, a little known congressional candidate running as an independent in Oregon tweeted, “Did you know the First Lady works by the hour? #thinkdirty #hoebag”

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