Calgary MP Jason Kenney says a negative tweet featuring Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s face sitting inside the crosshairs of a scope came from an attention-seeking loser.
The tweet from @NoLibs on the weekend is being condemned by Twitter users as well as Kenney, who is running for Alberta’s Progressive Conservative leadership.
Kenney says the social network should ban what he calls “lunatic trolls.”
The offensive tweet has since been taken down and the man who posted it has apologized.
Kenney said in Calgary that he’s in favour of freedom of speech, but he draws the line at anyone who intimates violence.
READ MORE: Online threats not ‘out of the ordinary,’ says Alberta premier
He said that, as a public figure, he has been subjected to plenty of nastiness on social media as well.
Kenney recommends the public block messages from anyone suggesting violence.
Watch below: At a press conference in 2015, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said threats made against her online are not “out of the ordinary.”
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