http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/254746-white-house-denies-blocking-13-year-old-critic-on-twitterSeptember 23, 2015, 07:34 pm
White House denies blocking 13-year-old critic on Twitter
By Bradford Richardson
The White House says it is not blocking 13-year-old conservative activist C.J. Pearson from following President Obama’s Twitter account.
Pearson claimed the White House blocked him after he criticized President Obama’s decision to invite 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed to the White House. Mohamed made headlines after he was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school that officials mistook for a bomb.
But the White House contends it doesn’t block anyone from Twitter, as the administration’s policy is that official governmental accounts not block any followers.
Frank Benenati, an assistant White House press secretary, Tweeted about the policy after Pearson accused the White House of blocking him.
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