Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs asked social media platforms to limit accounts criticizing posts she made during her tenure as Secretary of State.
The group referenced a preliminary injunction made by a federal judge on July 4 saying that the federal government may have violated the First Amendment by asking platforms to "Censor unfavorable views" when explaining the release of the emails from Hobbs and her state, which are government public record.
While most of the emails in the report were from her staff at the time, Hobbs once directly emailed Twitter support in 2020 over a post she made in 2017 about supporters of former President Donald Trump.
"The alt-right got a hold of a 3-year-old tweet on my account and have been sending harassing, abusive, and threatening tweets and direct messages for the last 2 days." However, the report notes that even though Hobbs used her government email address, the post was from her campaign account.
The Democrat's staff also asked Facebook to take down a post made by Republican Kelly Townsend, a state representative and senator-elect at the time for "Election-related misinformation." Townsend's November 12, 2020, post did contain unsubstantiated claims regarding the presidential election, but it was not taken down by the platform.
Townsend's post specifically references the aforementioned tweet Hobbs made about Trump: "A three-year-old tweet, not isolated as the only example, of the now Arizona Secretary of State's Twitter account cast Trump supporters as Neo-Nazis. This partisan rhetoric eroded any hope that the Secretary of State could approach Arizona's elections in a non-partisan, non-biased manner," the Republican wrote.
"These emails leave no doubt that Katie Hobbs abused her position of power in government," said Brian Anderson, president of Arizona Capitol Oversight and previously a staffer for former Gov. Doug Ducey.
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