Senate—a "man."In a tweet earlier this week, Banks responded to news that Levine became the first woman to be awarded the title of a four-star officer, by stating that the historic honor was instead taken by a "man."In response, Twitter said the post violated its hateful conduct policy, which prohibits the "misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals." A spokesperson for company told Newsweek that Banks' account was temporarily locked and would be restored if the GOP lawmaker deletes the violating tweet."The account owner is required to delete the violative Tweet before regaining access to their account," the spokesperson said.However, Banks doubled down on his stance through his personal Twitter account on Friday, and used the.