Twitter just announced that the company will not remove President Trump’s tweets on Joe Scarborough and the death of his former intern, Lori Klausutis:
New: Despite an emotional plea from widower of Lori Klausutis to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, the company will *not* remove tweets by President Trump insinuating without basis that Joe Scarborough was responsible for Klausutis’ death. @donie reporting.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 26, 2020
But they’re working on ways to delete them in the future?
“We are deeply sorry about the pain these statements & the attention they are drawing, are causing the family. We've been working to expand existing product features & policies so we can more effectively address things like this going forward.” – @Twitter spokesperson
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 26, 2020
Mika Brzezinski hardest hit:
.@jack Read the letter and please do the right thing. If you agree, please retweet. #Pleasedeletethosetweets
— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) May 26, 2020
President Trump did tweet about her death again this morning, but said “but I won’t bring them up now!”:
The opening of a Cold Case against Psycho Joe Scarborough was not a Donald Trump original thought, this has been going on for years, long before I joined the chorus. In 2016 when Joe & his wacky future ex-wife, Mika, would endlessly interview me, I would always be thinking….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2020
….about whether or not Joe could have done such a horrible thing? Maybe or maybe not, but I find Joe to be a total Nut Job, and I knew him well, far better than most. So many unanswered & obvious questions, but I won’t bring them up now! Law enforcement eventually will?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2020
You can read the letter from her husband, Tim Klausutis, to Jack Dorsey here:
Here is the letter to @jack from Tim Klausutis: https://t.co/h6hQ4zdnEQ
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) May 26, 2020
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