A GOP congressional candidate hoping to unseat Rep. Ilhan Omar has been permanently suspended from Twitter for posting threats against the congresswoman, a report said.
The campaign account for Danielle Stella, 31, was booted from the social media site after she posted twice about lynching Omar, one of the first Muslim women elected to the House, the Washington Times reported.
The tweets, which are no longer available, involved unproven allegations that Omar has shared information with the Iranian government. Omar has strongly denied the allegations.
“If it is proven @IlhanMN passed sensitive info to Iran, she should be tried for #treason and hanged,” the first tweet read.
She then retweeted a news story that included her tweet and added an image of a stick figure hanging from a scaffold, according to the Washington Times.
The account was permanently suspended after the tweets, the report said.
In a statement to the newspaper, Stella said the social media platform sides with “terrorists, traitors, pedophiles, and rapists.”
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