The Lincoln Project deleted the "Monkey" tweet

[demmiblue]

Grifters gonna still grift:

Link to tweet

Edit: the Tweet I linked to appears to be from a winger, but they did delete the tweet.

Edit 2: even the grifters deleted reference to it.

[Srkdqltr]

1. So I'm confused. Did that happen or not?

[Mike 03]

5. It happened.

I think they deleted it because of the part about Trump relishing it. It seems he told the person who shouted to "be nice." (Maybe)

When President Trump mentioned Obama, someone from the crowd shouted, “Monkey!” and the president relished in it.

[StarfishSaver]

8. "be nice" is a wink and nod to someone who just said something you agree with but want to distance

yourself from.

[Mike 03]

10. I get that.

One thing nobody disputes is that it happened. That's not why the LP deleted the tweet.

Either they were uncomfortable with how they characterized it, or they were uneasy about tagging Tom Tillis personally.

Maybe they'll explain why they deleted it.

EDIT: Apparently the guy yelled "Spygate."

[soothsayer]

11. Exactly. Then he said "this could only happen in NC"or something

[demmiblue]

7. No, it didn't happen.

This guy is an expert in having to listen to Trump time and time and time, again!

Link to tweet

[Mike 03]

12. Oh wow.

[hlthe2b]

2. I listened to that video and distinctly heard it!

[demmiblue]

4. I thought I did, too.

I then listened to it several times, and took into consideration the context of what trump was saying. It was spygate.

[Mike 03]

6. Maybe because the LP tweet said he relished it.

Now we're learning he told the person "be nice" or something like that.

[agingdem]

13. and he had a smirk on his face...

do you remember when McCain was running against Obama and he was in a town hall and a older woman said that Obama wasn't a citizen and McCain corrected her on the spot...Trump smirked...what an asshole...

[jpak]

3. Trump heard it. The MAGATs heard it

I heard it

FTW

[Mike 03]

9. Text of the original tweet

When President Trump mentioned Obama, someone from the crowd shouted, “Monkey!” and the president relished in it.

Disgusting.

Do you approve of this @ThomTillis?

[agingdem]

14. so is this who ya gonna believe

me or or lyin ears...I heard "monkey"...I saw the smirk..the be nice garbage was even more disgusting than the monkey insult

[demmiblue]

15. Oh, just stop. n/t

[agingdem]

16. Why?

I think Lincoln Project deleted it bc it was too offensive...their ads are biting commentary but even for them this is off limits and including this in "reason #125 of why we hate Trump and his sycophants" ad would get them nowhere......like calling out the N word...ya just don't say it...

[demmiblue]

17. No, they deleted it because they know they're wrong. n/t

[agingdem]

18. Do you really think

Trump would have said “be nice” if the shout was spygate?

[demmiblue]

19. It was spygate. I don't know what trump thought it was. n/t