Dear blue-checks: Please stop retweeting the fake Bill Stepien account. Thanks!

There’s a new fake account for President Trump’s new campaign manager Bill Stepien that’s going somewhat viral over this poll asking “Whom would you trust to take an emergency call at 3 A.M.?”:

Whom would you trust to take an emergency call at 3 A.M?

President Trump?

Or Sleepy Joe Biden?

— Bill Stepien (@Stepien_Bill) July 17, 2020

As of the writing of this post, it’s close to 90% for Joe Biden:

?

— Bill Stepien (@Stepien_Bill) July 17, 2020

But, alas, it’s fake:

So I can confirm the @Stepien_Bill account that was created recently is not in fact Trump’s campaign manager.

I figured out who runs it and just to be sure I ran a test: pic.twitter.com/d2Ng1Vi9wq

— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) July 17, 2020

Thanks for checking:

Trump campaign spox also confirms the account is not Stepien’s

— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) July 17, 2020

But for many blue-checks, it was just too good to check. Here’s Andrew Bates with the Biden campaign in a now-deleted tweet:

https://twitter.com/AndrewBatesNC/status/1284280901682298891

Former Hillary staffer Jesse Ferguson:

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https://twitter.com/JesseFFerguson/status/1284280197009870848

Max Steele, senior adviser to the liberal American Bridge:

Let us know if you need @American_Bridge's help, @Stepien_Bill. We're here for you. https://t.co/Lj2PUunrFV

— Max Steele (@maxasteele) July 17, 2020

Mother Jones’ David Corn:

They’re really asking this? Let’s ask the 137,000 Americans who have died in this pandemic….But we can’t. https://t.co/2KfG9koFnH

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 18, 2020

Politico’s Blake Hounshell with the deletion:

https://twitter.com/blakehounshell/status/1284279040812212225

Do better, all of you.

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