Sen. Cotton Says Twitter Threatened to Lock Account Over Tweet

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) speaks to the media after attending a briefing with administration officials about the situation with Iran, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 8, 2020. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

A Twitter employee called the office of Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and threatened to lock the lawmaker’s account over a tweet sent during the recent rioting, the senator said Wednesday.

“We asked for an explanation of why that was and it was not really forthcoming. They cited a policy that didn’t apply to my situation,” Cotton said during an appearance on “Fox & Friends.”