Our crystal ball doesn’t allow us to see whether U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., will be the Republican nominee for the state’s open Senate seat next year, but we believe an episode in her first week as a candidate is likely to have repercussions throughout the country over the next 13 months.
That episode was the censoring by Twitter of a portion of the candidate’s campaign video because it mentioned that one of the alleged products of some abortions is marketed “baby body parts.”
The social media site didn’t disallow her entire video, just the offending words.
“The line in this video specific to ‘stopped the sale of baby body parts’ has been deemed an inflammatory statement that is likely to evoke a strong negative reaction,” an email from Twitter to Blackburn’s campaign stated. “If this is omitted from the video it will be permitted to serve.”
Blackburn, in a move akin to President Trump’s continuous hammering at professional football players kneeling during the national anthem, didn’t back down.