Twitter reverses course on Blackburn video ban
NASHVILLE — U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., celebrated Wednesday after Twitter reversed course and allowed her Senate campaign to resume promoting a video that includes anti-abortion comments.
The Brentwood, Tenn., Republican, who is running to replace retiring Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., had posted her campaign announcement to Twitter. In it she touted having “fought” Planned Parenthood and stopping “the sale of baby body parts, thank God.”
Twitter initially deemed the post “inflammatory,” but by Tuesday it had reversed its stance. “After further review, we have made the decision to allow the content in question from Rep. Blackburn’s campaign ad to be promoted on our ads platform,” Twitter said in a statement.
Blackburn called it her “first Senate conservative victory.”
“The American people have just risen up …” Blackburn told “Fox & Friends” Wednesday morning.
Blackburn was chairwoman of a House panel that delved into allegations raised by an anti-abortion rights group’s secretly recorded videos of conversations of Planned Parenthood officials.
The group, the Center for Medical Progress, alleged the videos demonstrated Planned Parenthood was “profiting” from the “sale” of fetal tissue.
Planned Parenthood officials argued the videos were selectively edited to mislead the public. Full video was later released.