George Latimer spokeswoman says he will unblock any blocked Twitter users

Westchester County Executive George Latimer will unblock any Twitter users that are barred from following his account, a spokeswoman told The Journal News/lohud.

A federal judge last week ruled that President Donald Trump couldn’t block users critical of him because Twitter is a “public forum” protected by the First Amendment.

The Journal News/lohud reached out to Catherine Cioffi, a spokeswoman for Latimer, in light of the ruling, asking if it would affect the county executive’s social media use.

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Cioffi said “if anyone is blocked they will be unblocked shortly if not already.”

At least five Twitter users have said Latimer blocked them at some point from following his posts from his account @GeorgeLatimerCE, although Cioffi said she wasn’t aware of any blocked users. The account has slightly more than 7,100 followers.

By noon on Monday, four users still said they were blocked and posted screenshots on Twitter..

Latimer, a Democrat, came into office Jan. 1 after winning a landslide election in November.

President Trump has more than 52 million followers on his @realDonaldTrump account. He was sued in July after blocking seven users who sent tweets critical of the president.

Federal Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the U.S. Southern District Court of New York ruled Wednesday that although the president has First Amendment rights, “he cannot exercise those rights in a way that infringes the corresponding First Amendment rights of those who have criticized him.”

It wasn’t clear if the White House was contesting that ruling or unblocking any blocked users.

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