Twitter suspended the account of Sen. Steve Daines\u2002(R-Mont.), the chairman of the Senate Republicans\u2019 campaign arm, because the social media platform said the account violated its media policy.
\nDaines\u2019s @SteveDaines account did not show his profile or background photos as of Tuesday morning, and a slew of posts going back as far as last Friday showed a statement that read, \u201c@SteveDaines\u2019s account is temporarily unavailable because it violates the Twitter Media Policy.\u201d
\nThe statement also linked to Twitter\u2019s sensitive media policy, which notes that users could not publish graphic media or adult content on their banner images or profile header, among other places.
\nThe National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), linking to a reporter\u2019s tweet, alleged that Daines had been suspended from his account because he and his wife were shown hunting in his profile header. The Hill has reached out to Twitter for comment.
\n\u201cThis is insane. Twitter should immediately reverse this suspension,\u201d NRSC spokesman Philip Letsou said in a statement.
\nOther Republicans rallied around Daines on Twitter and defended the Montana Republican.
\n\u201cThis is the family photo that got @SteveDaines put in twitter jail. Stop censoring our Montana way of life! Great shot, Cindy!\u201d tweeted Rep. Ryan Zinke\u2002(R-Mont.), who included a photo of Daines and his wife hunting.
\n\u201cTwitter has ridiculously suspended Sen. @SteveDaines because his profile picture is of him and his wife hunting\u2026What a disgrace!\u201d said Donald Trump Jr. in a post on Twitter.
\nTwitter owner Elon Musk said in a tweet early Tuesday afternoon that the situation was \u201cbeing fixed\u201d and Daines\u2019s account on Twitter was ultimately active again with his tweets and profile header restored.
\n\u201cPolicy against showing blood in profile pic is being amended to \u2018clearly showing blood without clicking on the profile pic,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cThe intent is to avoid people being forced to see gruesome profile pics.\u201d<\/p>\n
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