The image was posted on a since-suspended account, and reportedly featured a gun photoshopped onto a picture of Meghan McCain with her father's casket Meghan McCain's Husband Blasts Twitter CEO for Taking 'Hours' to Remove Threatening Image of Her A Twitter user who posted a threatening doctored image of Meghan McCain from her father’s funeral has had their account suspended, according to her husband. On Thursday, Ben Domenech wrote in a since-deleted message to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, “Hey @jack, this has been up for half a day. It has been reported 100+ times. No response. Tell me why this is cool by you,” according to the Arizona Republic. Get push notifications with news, features and more. Alongside the tweet, Domenech shared a screengrab of the image in question. According to the Republic, a photo of McCain crying over her father Sen. John McCain‘s casket at the Arizona State Capitol had been doctored to include a gun pointed at the 33-year-old. The outlet reported that along with the image, the Twitter user wrote, “America this one’s for you.” meghan-mccain Meghan McCain and Ben Domenech | Credit: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty On Friday, Domenech, 36, tweeted, “It took my hours later tweet to finally get a reaction. Did not want to elevate it but that is what Twitter requires apparently.” He continued, “Oh, and the reaction was from the guy, not Twitter. Looks like he set his account to private.” Later on Friday, Domenech revealed that “Twitter finally suspended this account this morning.” Arizona Sen. John McCain Lies In State In The Rotunda Of Arizona State Capitol Meghan McCain with Sen. John McCain’s casket on Wednesday | Credit: Jae C. Hong - Pool/Getty “No one should have to raise a ruckus or highlight this sort of thing publicly to get their attention,” he said, before explaining that he was removing his first tweet with the photo “so no one has to see it.” “Still want an explanation for why something so obviously in violation took so much attention for Twitter to react,” he said. As the Republic noted, Twitter’s rules state that “You may not make specific threats of violence or wish for the serious physical harm, death, or disease of an individual or group of people. This includes, but is not limited to, threatening or promoting terrorism.” A rep for Twitter did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. RELATED VIDEO: John McCain Returns to Washington for the Final Time for Memorial Service and Burial The McCain family announced exactly one week ago that the six-term Arizona senator had decided, “with his usual strength of will,” to discontinue medical treatment for stage-four brain cancer. Just one day later, Sen. McCain died at the age of 81.<doc-sep>Grieving Meghan McCain’s husband, Ben Domenech furiously hit out at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Friday after the website kept an offensive tweet about his wife up for hours. The publisher of The Federalist and CBS News contributor, shared how outraged he was after a doctored photo showed the daughter of late Senator John McCain crying at his casket with a gun pointed in her direction. ‘America this one’s for you,’ the caption read, much to the horror of libertarian and radio host. Meghan McCain’s husband, Ben Domenech furiously hit out at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Friday after the website kept an offensive tweet (pictured) about his wife up for hours The tweet was depicting Meghan at the memorial service in the Arizona Capitol August 29 The publisher of The Federalist (center right) shared how outraged he was after a doctored photo showing the daughter of late Senator John McCain crying at his casket with a gun pointed at her was posted Hundreds of complaints were made to the social media site but the photo only vanished after five hours when the troll made his account private to avoid the storm. Eventually Twitter suspended his account the next day. It only came after Domenach went straight to the boss by publicly tweeting to his 66.8k followers that nothing had been done about the image depicting Meghan at the memorial service in the Arizona Capitol August 29. McCain passed away from brain cancer August 25, aged 81. His daughter, who a host on The View, married Domenach in November 2017, just months after her war hero father was diagnosed with Glioblastoma, which eventually took his life. ‘Tell me why this is cool by you,’ he asked in the tweet, mentioning @Jack. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey didn't respond on Twitter but the offending account was suspended Twitter’s rules state: ‘You may not make specific threats of violence or wish for the serious physical harm, death, or disease of an individual or group of people. 'This includes, but is not limited to, threatening or promoting terrorism. You also may not affiliate with organizations that — whether by their own statements or activity both on and off the platform — use or promote violence against civilians to further their causes.’ McCain and her husband have been attending the various event for the late senator this week The @austindelafrog account went private within 30 minutes of Domenach posting about it. However he noted that it was the user’s own decision not Twitter’s. ‘It took my hours later tweet to finally get a reaction. Did not want to elevate it but that is what Twitter requires apparently,’ he wrote, adding; ‘Oh, and the reaction was from the guy, not Twitter. Looks like he set his account to private.’ Once the offending account was suspended by moderators, McCain’s furious spouse told followers he’d be getting rid of the post from his own account. ‘Twitter finally suspended this account this morning. No one should have to raise a ruckus or highlight this sort of thing publicly to get their attention,’ he shared. ‘I am going to delete the initial tweet now so no one has to see it. Still want an explanation for why something so obviously in violation took so much attention for Twitter to react.’ Jack did not publicly tweet about the reaction Friday, instead he posted about some fresh features the micro-blogging site had been testing out, including reply threads. ‘Playing with some new Twitter features: presence (who else is on Twitter right now?) and threading (easier to read convos),’ he wrote.<doc-sep>
Meghan McCain’s husband, Ben Domenech, criticized Twitter for not immediately removing a violent post that showed a gun pointed at his wife as she cried over her father’s casket. You can see the image below, but be aware that it’s very disturbing because it essentially is a threat to shoot Meghan McCain at her own father’s memorial. Meghan, who gave a speech about her father at the national memorial service on September 1, 2018, has been very emotional at the various memorial services held for her dad, John McCain, who died of brain cancer. Although many throughout the nation have rallied around the McCain family and paid tribute to John McCain’s service, that wasn’t the case with one Twitter user who posted a violent picture about Meghan McCain. Meghan McCain’s husband Ben Domenech is a publisher at the Federalist, a conservative publication. On Twitter, he defines himself as, “Publisher @FDRLST, newsletter @TheTransom, contributor @CBSNews, radio host, libertarian. You can tell a man’s vices by his friends, his virtues by his enemies.” Here’s what you need to know: Ben Domenech Questioned Why Twitter Did Not Immediately Remove the Image Twitter Waits to Remove Pic of Weeping Meghan McCain Targeted By Gun via @descarteslover https://t.co/3SAycH04hc pic.twitter.com/HBehQY69fz — NewsBusters (@newsbusters) August 31, 2018 In his original tweet, Domenech shared the offending image and wrote to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Twitter, “Hey @jack, this has been up for half a day. It has been reported 100+ times. No response. Tell me why this is cool by you.” The photoshopped image was posted by a Twitter user with the handle @austindelafrog and the caption “America, this ones (sic) for you.” On August 31, 2018, Domenech wrote, “Twitter finally suspended this account this morning. No one should have to raise a ruckus or highlight this sort of thing publicly to get their attention.” He added, “It took my hours later tweet to finally get a reaction. Did not want to elevate it but that is what Twitter requires apparently. Oh, and the reaction was from the guy, not Twitter. Looks like he set his account to private.” He later wrote, “I am going to delete the initial tweet now so no one has to see it. Still want an explanation for why something so obviously in violation took so much attention for Twitter to react.” Twitter’s rules state, “You may not make specific threats of violence or wish for the serious physical harm, death, or disease of an individual or group of people. This includes, but is not limited to, threatening or promoting terrorism.” Meghan McCain married Ben Domenech in November 2017 with her father at her side. The wedding took place at the McCain family lodge in Sedona, Arizona. You can read more about Meghan McCain and Ben Domenech here: