White House may have violated law by deleting fact-checked tweet (Read 992 times)

Flapp_Jackson

White House may have violated law by deleting fact-checked tweet
« on: November 05, 2022, 03:10:02 PM »
The simplest explanation is often the correct one.

The White House tried to affect the election next week by bragging about increased Social Security benefits.  They stated "...through President Biden's leadership...", giving Seniors and other beneficiaries the false impression that it was Biden's willful actions that caused the increase and not the automatic increase tied to the rate of inflation.

And Democrats were worried about Trump?  This is election interference, when the incumbent lies to the nation in order to sway voters.

There's no other rational explanation.  I guess they didn't anticipate Twitter's lack of cooperation, now that Musk is at the helm.  Under previous management, any opposing opinions would have been deleted or marked as fake news -- without any evidence.

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A watchdog group is calling for a federal investigation into a tweet that the White House
deleted this week, arguing that the Biden administration may have violated the Presidential
Records Act.

Protect the Public’s Trust, a nonpartisan organization, argued there are “serious questions”
over whether presidential record-keeping protocols were properly followed before the White
House on Wednesday deleted the widely mocked tweet taking credit for a boost in retirees’
Social Security checks.

The Nov. 1 tweet is “almost certainly a record that belongs to the public and subject to the
Act’s destruction protocol,” the group wrote in a letter sent to the heads of the National
Archives and Records Administration and the Office of Government Ethics on Friday.
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The Biden administration deleted the tweet after social media users pointed out the increase
Social Security benefits was tied to decades-high inflation.​

“Seniors are getting the biggest increase in their Social Security checks in 10 years through
President Biden’s leadership,” read the tweet from the official White House account.
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According to the Presidential Records Act, a commander-in-chief can only dispose of White
House records “once the views of the Archivist of the United States on the proposed disposal
have been obtained in writing.”
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Protect the Public’s Trust argues that the White House’s explanation for deleting the tweet,
claiming that it was “not complete” and missing “context,” leaves “serious questions whether
it was deleted to save the Administration embarrassment or avoid criticism and whether the
proper protocols were followed.”
https://nypost.com/2022/11/04/white-house-may-have-violated-law-by-deleting-fact-checked-tweet-watchdog/
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

rpoL98

Re: White House may have violated law by deleting fact-checked tweet
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2022, 05:27:45 PM »
not sure if Trump ever deleted his famous COVFEFE tweet, although a moot point since pre-Musk twatter deleted him.

changemyoil66

Re: White House may have violated law by deleting fact-checked tweet
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2022, 07:43:27 PM »
not sure if Trump ever deleted his famous COVFEFE tweet, although a moot point since pre-Musk twatter deleted him.
4D chess. Wont have to delete tweets if 1 gets banned

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Flapp_Jackson

Re: White House may have violated law by deleting fact-checked tweet
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2022, 11:26:57 AM »
not sure if Trump ever deleted his famous COVFEFE tweet, although a moot point since pre-Musk twatter deleted him.

I don't remember Trump ever deleting, or even being accused of deleting, any Tweet or other social media posts.

If he had, you KNOW the Dems would have impeached on those grounds, too.   :crazy: :popcorn:
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

changemyoil66

Re: White House may have violated law by deleting fact-checked tweet
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2022, 12:13:02 PM »
not sure if Trump ever deleted his famous COVFEFE tweet, although a moot point since pre-Musk twatter deleted him.

I forgot to add that it's an elemental combo of iron to block 5G poisoning.