County councillor Kay Oakes' social media activity is being investigated by leading councillors. - Credit: Suffolk Conservatives A Tory Suffolk County Councillor who "liked" tweets praising the rioters who invaded the US Capitol on Wednesday is having her social media activity studied by her political leaders. Kay Oakes represents the Bosmere Division at Endeavour House - and regularly tweets her support for outgoing US President Donald Trump. However she did get in trouble with her social media earlier this year after she appeared to back calls not to wear facemasks. On Wednesday evening - as pro-Trump rioters laid siege to to the Senate and the House of Representatives - she "liked" tweets that described those in Washington as "Peaceful, hard-working Americans smeared as mobs" and also liked conspiracy-theory claims that the protesters were left-wing activists who masquerading as Trump supporters to discredit the outgoing president.