Daniel Dale

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Daniel Dale @ddale8

These viral tweets about Uvalde and Abbott have now been deleted. After speaking by phone minutes ago to a man linked to the Twitter account, who refused to answer a bunch of questions, I’m confident in saying there’s no reason to think the story was anything but fiction. https://t.co/WKsviUec8h — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 27, 2022

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“‘Somebody somehow got into my account,’ he said, insisting he had no relatives or associates in Uvalde. ‘It's got nothing to do with me or my family in any way.’” — PolitiTweet.org

UPDATE: Owner of the Twitter account whose bizarre, viral massacre claim was slammed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott now… https://t.co/6LYfhM8v4k

Posted May 27, 2022

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PS in the interest of credit: A bunch of journalists and other tweeters cast convincing doubt on this story before I reached out to the man linked to the Twitter account. (And Abbott’s office had already called it totally fake.) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 27, 2022