The Florida woman who was thrown off a small-town city council by her colleagues for racist and homophobic tweets has been reinstated by a local judge.

Judi Fike was kicked off the Groveland City Council after her history of obscene and offensive social media posts was uncovered and published in a local paper ahead of a city council primary. Fike was appointed to her seat last year and is running for a full term.

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She’s now suing the city after claiming that the posts were faked as a political attack against her.

She called publication of the story a timed “political attack” just weeks ahead of her August primary.

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Circuit Judge Dan Mosely issued a temporary injunction on the city, reinstating Fike to her seat.

Mosely agreed with Fike’s attorney, far-right former Florida state Rep. Anthony Sabatini (R), that Groveland’s City Charter and its code of ethics contain no provision for suspending a sitting member of the council, and that Fike’s case would likely succeed on the merits, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

“There is a likelihood of irreparable harm in that Petitioner is prohibited from voting at council meetings while suspended,” he wrote.

Fike and Sabatini celebrated the win online.