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Rep. Hoitenga Locked and Blocked Her Twitter Channel Because of “Death Threats”

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Rep. Michele Hoitenga (R-Mich.), blocked Stop the Cap! and a handful of other reporters and locked down her Twitter account from being publicly accessible after claiming to receive death threats after being questioned about her bill to block community broadband projects in her state.

“[I] had to capture profiles who were threatening me and my family and the horrific vulgarity being used,” Hoitenga claimed on her Facebook page. “I’ll have a statement in a bit. The safety of me and my family comes first.”

Hoitenga is the author of House Bill 5099, which would completely ban municipal broadband in Michigan if it becomes law.

Stop the Cap! was blocked within hours of sending her four tweets in an effort to engage her in a discussion about her bill. For the record, at no time were we either threatening or vulgar. (Some of her constituents are unhappy about the bill, however, based on responses on her Facebook page.)

It was the first time Stop the Cap! was blocked by any Twitter user, and we were surprised it was a public official.

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Dan
Dan
6 years ago

A great loss for humanity.

Dan
Dan
6 years ago

And yet, it stands to reason that retracting the bill would make her safer than blocking comments on Twitter, assuming that she didn’t make the whole thing up. Maybe she’ll get round the clock security like Scott Pruitt just to be an industry shill. Can’t the GOP just replace its human legislators with some of those extra long voting sticks they use down thawr in Tennessee?

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