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Republicans vow to not buy Twitter ads after McConnell blocked

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Twitter froze the "Team Mitch" account belonging to Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's re-election campaign for alleged abuses [AFP]

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign and leading Republicans on Thursday vowed to not buy Twitter ads after the social media platform froze Senator Mitch McConnell's re-election account for breaking site rules.

Twitter locked the "Team Mitch" account after it posted a video of protesters outside the Senate majority leader's home in Kentucky shouting that he should die.

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