As Twitchy told you, Luke Thompson just happened to get locked out of his Twitter account after questioning Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about her boyfriend having a House.gov email address. You’d think that kind of crackdown on honest journalism would merit an outcry from the Guardians of Truth.
But the Washington Post’s Jeff Stein has made it pretty clear where his loyalties lie:
. @ltthompso, who tweeted this morning about @aoc 's boyfriend having a House email address, has been locked out of his Twitter account, per screenshot he sent me: pic.twitter.com/VXpN1XVTDf
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) February 15, 2019
That's not what he tweeted. He alleged that she had hired him as a paid staffer with taxpayer money, for which there's no evidence.
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) February 15, 2019
Except there’s evidence that something shady was going on.
Actually, there's a lot of evidence for just that.
HouseNet lists the BF as "incoming" and @AOC's spin about it being a calendar thing makes no sense.
But actually looking at that might require you to do journalism…which ur clearly not. pic.twitter.com/aQjdE5Mvxa
— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) February 15, 2019
To help you out a bit,
If the BF is designated staff, that's unethical for hiring "relatives."
If he's not designated staff (as is now AOC claiming), that's also unethical because IT protocols were broken pic.twitter.com/6m3SIpZ1sM
— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) February 15, 2019
The evidence that Jeff Stein is a hack is also quite compelling.
Read. Why. Twitter. Says. They. Punished. Him. This. Isn't. Hard (That's. What. She. Said.)
— Mac Watson (@macwatson17) February 15, 2019
That’s not a violation of any TOS, Jerry.
— St. Antonio of the Desert (@LoneStarTexian) February 15, 2019
Thompson didn’t publish any information that wasn’t already publicly available. But he did make AOC look bad, and isn’t that what really matters?
Lol WaPo hacks defending punishing people who inconvenience AOC https://t.co/T36wNybRCr
— Orange Muppet Energy (@sunnyright) February 15, 2019
Last word to Thompson, whose access to his account has at last been restored:
Dear @JStein_WaPo – I'm better at your job than you are. pic.twitter.com/dCX130lc7V
— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) February 15, 2019
Damn straight.
It’s starting to look like @JStein_WaPo’s REAL job is to kiss AOC’s butt on Twitter. Just sayin.
— JenniferW (@JenWoodruff79) February 15, 2019
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