If there was one high point in the hot mess of news Tuesday, it was the look on Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s face when she was informed the Michael Flynn tweet she was rambling about was 100 percent fake and lifted from a parody account. At least she had company; Rep. Elijah Cummings also quoted the same parody account as soon as he found a lectern and some TV cameras.
Another day, another chance to be duped by a fake Twitter account. This time it was Annie Shields, editor of The Nation, who was anxious to spread word (and then delete) that Trump adviser Stephen Miller had liked a David Duke tweet.
https://twitter.com/anastasiakeeley/status/831967491513602048
https://twitter.com/anastasiakeeley/status/831968038220136450
https://twitter.com/anastasiakeeley/status/831969841305247747
Yeah, he sure looks stupid right now.
The White House confirmed that Stephen Miller is not on Twitter … or is he, and this is just another of the Trump administration’s lies?
The Stephen Miller tweet everyone thinks is Stephen Miller is not that Stephen Miller. Miller is not on Twitter, White House official says.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) February 15, 2017
Or is he https://t.co/JDWNW5RbsM
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 15, 2017
Well played.
Shields, too, had company, with the site Little Green Footballs publishing a piece on the fake Miller tweet, noting that Miller is “a total whackjob”:
This is a FAKE Twitter account for Trump aide Stephen Miller: @StephenMillerAL https://t.co/Li9NzrqZxl
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) February 15, 2017
If I see real evidence this is a fake account, I'll retract, of course. But denials by the Trump team aren't evidence. @JenniferJJacobs
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 15, 2017
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Related:
WTF?! NYT posts GRUESOME image of Stephen Miller with ‘Public Enemy No. 1’ headlinehttps://t.co/KLFcWBXSqq
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 14, 2017
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