Widower of Scarborough staffer asks Twitter to remove Trump's conspiracy theories
Source: POLITICO
Klausutis also wrote of the enduring pain his wifes loved ones feel over her early death, and how the conspiracy theories have made it harder for them to move on. | Matt Rourke/AP Photo
By ELI OKUN 05/26/2020 08:57 AM EDT
The widower of a woman whose 2001 death has become fodder for baseless conspiracy theories spread by President Donald Trump is appealing directly to the head of Twitter to take down the presidents tweets.
Im asking you to intervene in this instance because the President of the United States has taken something that does not belong him the memory of my dead wife and perverted it for perceived political gain, Timothy J. Klausutis wrote in a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, which was dated last week but gained attention Tuesday when the New York Times Kara Swisher published it in an op-ed.
Klausutis late wife, Lori, died at age 28 from a fall precipitated by an undiagnosed heart condition, as confirmed by the medical examiner and police. Nineteen years later, her death is making headlines because of her employer at the time: then-Rep. Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.). She was working in a Florida office, while Scarborough was in Washington at the time of her death.
But now Scarborough is an outspoken and, thanks to his MSNBC talk show Morning Joe, prominent critic of Trump. So fringe conspiracy theories that have circulated in the past began to bubble up again, intimating he might have murdered Lori Klausutis. The president and his family were quick to pick up on the thread in multiple tweets this month.
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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/26/scarborough-twitter-trump-conspiracy-281738
Bet Trump continues.
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still_one
(92,422 posts)cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)clear that the owners of Twitter are full on Trump supporters.
The only way we might be able to change that will be to essentially let all their advertisers know that they will be boycotted so maybe we need a super sticky thread in one of the forums or a dedicated website to do that?
One that lists the Twitter advertisers and their contact information so we can inform them of our intent?
If we spread the word wide enough online to enough people maybe we can pressure them to do the right thing for a change.
JDC
(10,135 posts)And they love it.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)riversedge
(70,310 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)Bayard
(22,163 posts)Like every other tragedy he has used.
ananda
(28,877 posts)Slimeball
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)It is a social media platform for idiots.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)riversedge
(70,310 posts)damn. what a bunch of smelly crap!
BREAKING: Twitter spokesperson issues the following statement after refusing to remove Trump tweets about Lori Klausutis: We are deeply sorry about the pain these statements, and the attention they are drawing, are causing the family..." 1/
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