'What is he hiding?' Texas Lt. Gov. candidate Matthew Dowd seems to be missing about 175K of his tweets [screenshots]

Self-proclaimed “renowned thought-leader” Matthew Dowd is running for Lieutenant Governor of Texas. As a Democrat in Texas, he’s already got his work cut out for him.

And as a Democrat in Texas with a problematic Twitter history, he’s just an all-around piece of work.

Matthew Dowd right now on twitter: pic.twitter.com/VIMgRn84p8

— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) September 29, 2021

Fact-check: true.

Matthew Dowd had 180,000 tweets in late May 2021.

Now he has less than 5,000 tweets.

What is he hiding? pic.twitter.com/ToNLumznbF

— Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) September 29, 2021

if he's a "renowned thought leader" why did he delete 175,000 tweets https://t.co/mBK6E92UZA

— Dr. Richard Harambe (@Richard_Harambe) September 29, 2021

What’s the deal?

https://twitter.com/HOLYSMKES/status/1443212173308690436

https://twitter.com/HashtagGriswold/status/1443191849762660365

https://twitter.com/HashtagGriswold/status/1443192377682845698

https://twitter.com/HashtagGriswold/status/1443194260535320585

Apparently there are at least 174,997 more screenshots where those came from.

He… he does know there are enough screenshots to fill the national archives, right? https://t.co/e6KVrRcvmm

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) September 29, 2021