CNN Reporter Suspended for Refugee Tweet

CNN global affairs correspondent Elise Labott was reportedly suspended for two weeks for posting a tweet after Thursday’s House vote to halt the resettlement of Syrian and Iraqi refugees in the United States. The House passed a bill 289-137 to suspend the program allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the country until national-security agencies determine they don’t post a security risk. Forty-seven Democrats joined 242 Republicans in favor of the bill, which could create a majority to override President Barack Obama’s threat to veto the measure. After the vote, Labott tweeted, “Statue of Liberty bows head in anguish.”

House passes bill that could limit Syrian refugees. Statue of Liberty bows head in anguish @CNNPolitics https://t.co/5RvZwVftgD

— Elise Labott (@eliselabottcnn) November 19, 2015