Twitter is locked in an escalating feud with the Republican Party after locking the campaign Twitter account of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Republicans accused Twitter of anti-conservative bias and vowed to stop spending ad money on Twitter until the company relented and restored the @team_mitch Twitter account.
The controversy began after the McConnell campaign posted a video on Twitter showing protestors shouting violent threats at a Monday rally outside the McConnell family home.
Another protestor mocked McConnell's recent shoulder surgery, saying that the senator "should have broken his little, raggedy, wrinkled-ass neck."
A man in the video expressed hope that "some motherfucker out there" had "some voodoo dolls of these bitches."
Protestors chanted "murder turtle"—a reference to jokes that McConnell has both the physical appearance and the slow cadence of a turtle.