Can’t they take a joke?
Rep. Adam Schiff and the Democratic National Committee urged to obtain a parody image of then-presidential candidate Joe Biden, which was removed from Twitter during the 2020 campaign after it was retweeted by former President Donald Trump, the latest release of internal company filings dated new owner was authorized This was announced by Elon Musk on Friday.
A top Twitter executive dismissed the requests because of the digital animation Biden, now 80, showed with his the tongue slips out of his mouth – has not created a “harmful connection for all parties involved”.
“That’s pretty clear [an] edited GIF created with humorous intent,” wrote Yoel Roth, then head of trust and security for the company, in an April 27, 2020 email.
“Any reasonable observer could tell it’s rigged.”
But an aide at Schiff (D-Calif.) — the then powerful head of the House Intelligence Committee — wouldn’t let it, arguing in an email the next day that “there’s a slippery slope here,” a screenshot showed.
The image that was trending on Twitter in 2020.
Rep. Adam Schiff and the Democratic National Committee pushed for a parody GIF of then-presidential candidate Joe Biden to be removed via Getty Images from Twitter.AFP
Twitter Files co-author Matt Taibbi wrote that Schiff’s employees “were writing to Twitter quite often asking for tweets to be deleted,” and sarcastically called the request in question an “important use of taxpayers’ money.”
“The real problem was [then-President] Donald Trump retweeted the Biden picture,” Taibbi added.
Trump, 76, announced in November that he would attempt to win back the White House in 2024, but may face stiff competition from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Schiff’s office “also repeatedly complained about ‘QAnon-related activities,’ often tweeting about other matters,” Taibbi wrote.
Twitter Files co-author Matt Taibbi wrote that Schiff’s employees “were writing to Twitter quite often asking for tweets to be deleted.” WireImage
Schiff’s office “also repeatedly complained about ‘QAnon-related activities,’ often tweeting about other matters,” Taibbi wrote.
Although Twitter had not yet started banning users for sharing the QAnon conspiracy theory, the company has “deamplified” their accounts to prevent their tweets from spreading, according to an Oct. 28, 2020 email.
However, Schiff’s office questioned whether this action — which “we greatly appreciate” — “could inadvertently impair law enforcement’s ability to scan Twitter for potential threats against Intelligence Committee officials,” according to an excerpt from an undated E -Mail that Taibbi posted.
Last week, Taibbi announced that Schiff’s office was trying to have journalist Paul Sperry, a Post columnist, suspended from Twitter for allegedly “repeatedly promoting false QAnon conspiracies and harassing someone” whose name was redacted.
Sperry told The Post that he “never encouraged any ‘QAnon conspiracies’.” je. Not on Twitter. Nowhere” and accused Schiff of “a whimsical defamation”.
Last week, Taibbi announced that Schiff’s office was attempting to suspend journalist Paul Sperry, a Post columnist, from Twitter.CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images
Sperry later tweeted that he was “exploring all legal options,” including a possible defamation lawsuit against Schiff.
Earlier this week, newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) vowed to keep his promise that Schiff, who was the lead House Representative during Trump’s first impeachment trial, would set up the Intelligence Committee.
McCarthy also has the reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in payback for removing the reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) targeted their committee seats in 2021.
Requests for comment from Schiff’s office and the DNC were not immediately answered.