Marjorie Taylor Greene Flagged for Hate Speech Directed at Sec of Health
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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was flagged by Twitter for hateful content directed at assistant secretary for health in the Department of Health Dr. Rachel Levine.
In the tweet she posted a video of Dr. Levine, who is transgender and intentionally misgendered and called her by her dead name.
Twitter censored a post by GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene that mocked an openly transgender official, but said that it was not removing it as it could be “in the public’s interest.”
Greene shared a short MSNBC clip on Monday that showed Dr. Rachel Levine, the assistant secretary for health for the Department of Health and Human Services, speaking about transgender youth.
Twitter says this tweet violated rules about hateful conduct.
I can’t imagine anything more hateful than promoting “gender reassignment” surgeries for children. https://t.co/65LHtYXbGw
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) July 18, 2022
Levine is the first openly transgender official confirmed by the US Senate. She was formerly Pennsylvania’s health secretary and physician general, and was sworn in as an admiral last year.
In her tweet, Greene appeared to deadname Levine and made a crude reference to children’s genitalia.
witter placed a warning labels on the tweet, meaning users are shown a warning message from Twitter rather than the post. But users can still see the post by clicking “view.”
Twitter has the ability to remove users’ tweets, but said in this case that it should remain accessible as it could be in the public interest.
“This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about hateful conduct. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible,” the warning message said.
Neither the Department of Health and Human Services nor Twitter immediately responded to Insider’s request for comment.
