A spokeswoman for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis allegedly harassed a journalist via Twitter, so the social media platform temporarily closed its account due to “abusive behavior.”
It appears Christina Pushaw disagreed with a Tuesday story by Associated Press reporter Brendan Farrington about a multimillion-dollar DeSantis donor who also invested in a company producing Regeneron, a drug used to treat patients. with COVID.
DeSantis has promoted the drug as a COVID-19 treatment in his state.
Pushaw shared Farrington’s report on his Twitter account and asked his followers to “drag” them before deleting the post.
The spokeswoman also threatened to put Farrington “on strike” if the story did not change, and retweeted a message about the AP, adding the words “Light.” They. Up “.
Farrington received several threats after Pushaw’s tweets, according to the Associated Press.
When she learned that Farrington had been threatened, the spokeswoman deleted the tweet “drag them,” telling her followers that “no one should threaten anyone.”
“I will be fine, I hope. Freedom. Just please don’t kill me, ”Farrington said in a later tweet about the threats.
With publishing cables