By the other comments, it seems was true but Twtiter moderated it quickly.

However, I remember when J.K. Rowling gave her opinion on transgender issues, RIP JK Rowling was trendin gtopic for hours, and she received a lot of hate and threats on Twitter. Not only that, a lot of people started replying to her tweets with dick pics, which was dangeours because she was in the middle of an activity with children (they could see those replies).

So yeah, definitely Twitter chooses what to moderate and what not.