The Daily Beast reports:
Shortly after news broke that Elon Musk had taken over Twitter and purged executives from the company, a bogus Donald Trump press release began circulating on the platform.
Truth Social CEO and former Rep. Devin Nunes responded to the fake graphic, which hailed the deal and promised a Trump return to Twitter, by writing on Truth Social that the press release was “fake news.”
One of the early promoters of the fake Trump statement was right-wing pundit Dinesh D’Souza.
Read the full article. Homocon Brandon Straka also fell for it.
One of the early promoters of the fake Trump statement was right-wing pundit Dinesh D’Souza—whose tweet remains live on Twitter and has accumulated 13,000 likes. https://t.co/tFgI1hwntZ
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 28, 2022
If Elon Musk reinstates former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account after completing a takeover of the company, several companies plan to suspend ad spending on the platform, a top ad buyer said https://t.co/vzy8DqwtXd
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 27, 2022
Devin Nunes writes on Truth Social the fake Trump press release is “fakenews” and “left wing desperation for Donald Trump to go back to T[w]itter.” But, turns out it was mostly right-wingers: pic.twitter.com/2ITt4izE3b
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) October 28, 2022