The widower of a woman who died in former Congressman Joe Scarborough’s office has written to Twitter Inc. asking the company to remove President Donald Trump’s…
The widower of a woman who died in former Congressman Joe Scarborough’s office has written to Twitter Inc. asking the company to remove President Donald Trump’s tweets about the case, according to a letter obtained by the New York Times.
“My request is simple: Please delete these tweets,” Timothy J. Klausutis wrote in his letter to Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey. “I’m asking you to intervene in this instance because the President of the United States has taken something that does not belong to him – the memory of my dead wife and perverted it for perceived political gain.”
The letter, dated May 21, was disclosed Tuesday in an opinion column in the Times by Kara Swisher entitled “Twitter Must Cleanse the Trump Stain.” It argues that Trump – who renewed his tweets about the case later Tuesday – is spreading a conspiracy theory that has been widely debunked and the company should remove the posts.
In a statement on Tuesday, Twitter failed to clarify whether they would remove the posts.
“We are deeply sorry about the pain these statements, and the attention they are drawing, are causing the family,” the statement said. “We’ve been working to expand existing product features and policies so we can more effectively address things like this going forward, and we hope to have those changes in place shortly.
