Twitter has forced a Democratic candidate to delete a tweet from August, saying that it violated the social media platform’s rules against voter suppression, that urged President Trump’s followers to head to the polls the day after November’s general election. The Texas Democrat’s campaign said that a staffer had made the reply in jest, but it agreed to take down the tweet. "In a jovial exchange with supporters on Twitter, one of our campaign staff was a little too loose with their words. "But when Twitter brought the tweet to our attention, we took action to take it down, out of an abundance of caution." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe move by Twitter goes against the narrative pushed by Trump and other Republicans that Twitter favors Democrats and left-leaning policies.

Source: Fox News September 01, 2020 23:03 UTC