'So much winning': Twitter mercilessly mocks Trump for deleting his tweets endorsing Luther Strange
"Does he think... we won't remember?" one Twitter user questioned.
US President Donald Trump seemed to be deleting several tweets enthusiastically supporting Senator Luther Strange in Alabama's Senate GOP primary runoff after he lost to former judge Chief Justice Roy Moore on Tuesday. Twitter, on the other hand, isn't letting it go so easily.
Ahead of the primary race, Trump had tweeted several times backing Strange, whom he often called "big Luther", including one that claimed the Republican senator had been "shooting up in the Alabama polls" since his endorsement.
"Big election tomorrow in the Great State of Alabama. Vote for Senator Luther Strange, tough on crime & border - will never let you down!" one of the deleted tweets read. Another said: "ALABAMA, get out and vote for Luther Strange - he has proven to me that he will never let you down! #MAGA"
Strange's loss also marked the first time a Trump-backed candidate lost a special election since he took office in January. His tweets in support of Strange seemed to have been scrubbed as of Tuesday night.
Twitter, however, criticised the president over the removal of the tweets branding him a "braggadocious winner" and a "petty loser." Many pointed out that Trump's habit of deleting tweets from his personal account could violate the Presidential Records Act of 1978 if they were not properly archived.
"Erasing history is his thing," one Twitter user wrote while another questioned: "Does he think... we won't remember?"
Some people questioned Trump's decision to delete these tweets as opposed to his more controversial ones. Others urged him to delete his Twitter account altogether.
Adam Best tweeted: "While Trump is deleting Luther Strange tweets he should do the world a favor & delete his account."
"I thought he didn't make mistakes?" New York Times best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey tweeted. "He said he hates losers. So today he hates himself."
Trump is erasing his support of Luther after his loss tonight https://t.co/ee9r7FbOvh pic.twitter.com/GsyrPo8tJC
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) September 27, 2017
I only meet him once or maybe twice. I really don't know the guy that well. I meet him I think in Alabama once I really can't remember.
— MonteRoc (@monte_roc) September 27, 2017
Here's another tweet about Luther Strange that Trump deleted. OMFG this is really happening 😂😂😂https://t.co/aciRDW8GxH pic.twitter.com/y3gWzeLvIl
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) September 27, 2017
Smart of Trump to delete old pro-Strange tweets. no one will ever notice.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) September 27, 2017
@Rosie since he endorsed a loser, he is suddenly erasing all of his tweets. I guess he believes (like Stalin) that erasing it means it never happened.
— Tony / Kirasdad (@TonyGuad) September 27, 2017
To POTUS: If tweets are official communication, you can't delete them when you lose. Rewriting history not allowed. https://t.co/PyEq98QmDM
— Barbara Boxer (@BarbaraBoxer) September 27, 2017
If Trump is gonna delete tweets he might as well go back and get all the Obama golfing tweets ffs
— Alt_Dept of Labor (@alt_labor) September 27, 2017
You can delete your support, but you can't delete the time you spent on this and the NFL instead of #PuertoRico
— 🥑 Ottercado 🥑 (@NickHax) September 27, 2017
Soon Trump will delete his health care tweets and pretend he never was on the losing side... like he did with Big Luther
— Dani Bostick (@danibostick) September 27, 2017
If you delete your tweets, they didn't happen. Them's the rules. 👀
— Peter Jackson (@pjackson_nl) September 27, 2017
Out of everything he’s ever tweeted, that’s what he chose to delete? That side is delusional. #loser
— Nola Bean (@blondebluenose) September 27, 2017
"You can't see me - my eyes are closed!"
— Jaynie's Got a Bun (@FreeGirlNowNYC) September 27, 2017
We need to delete Trump
— James McLaughlin (@JamesMcl220) September 27, 2017
Trump has deleted his Tweets endorsing Luther Strange. How about that. So much winning.
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) September 27, 2017
“It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.†Orwell, 1984
— Rodney Faraon (@rfaraon) September 27, 2017
Give him a day or two and he’ll claim he backed Moore all along.
— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) September 27, 2017
He can delete all he wants... pic.twitter.com/I6Bo7AuKeC
— Raisa Crespo (@RaisaFOX5) September 27, 2017
Has Trump ever faced consequences for anything? Please. 🙄
— Carpe Diem (@CaptCarpeDiem) September 27, 2017
Trump-backed Luther Strange loses to the Bannon-backed Roy Moore.
— Allen Marshall (@AllenCMarshall) September 27, 2017
Never has an Alabama election been Moore Strange.
Tired of winning yet @realDonaldTrump ???
— Larry (@rhyme_writer) September 27, 2017
Luther Strange Lost
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) September 27, 2017
No Wall
No Trumpcare
Jerry Jones kneeled
There is just too much winning for Trump in 2017.
Looks like all that campaigning you did for Strange really paid off!
— IR.net (@IRdotnet) September 27, 2017
A Trump endorsement is like a curse. Even his own party will be begging he stay away from them now… Donnie wanted this win so bad😂
— #TrumpTaxScam 🇺🇸 (@williamlegate) September 27, 2017
Trump endorsed Luther Strange - He lost
— Impeach Donald Trump (@Impeach_D_Trump) September 28, 2017
Trump endorsed TrumpCare - It Lost
Trump endorses #TaxReform - You fill in the blank!
Trump can try to erase his support of Strange, but under the Presidential Records Act, all his tweets must be archived (we're suing over it) https://t.co/GzI64bKu1g
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 27, 2017
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