During the interview Mitt admitted to having a second secret Twitter account following 668 people.
Via the Atlantic:
“That’s kind of what he does,” Romney said with a shrug, and then got up to retrieve an iPad from his desk. He explained that he uses a secret Twitter account—“What do they call me, a lurker?”—to keep tabs on the political conversation. “I won’t give you the name of it,” he said, but “I’m following 668 people.” Swiping at his tablet, he recited some of the accounts he follows, including journalists, late-night comedians (“What’s his name, the big redhead from Boston?”), and athletes. Trump was not among them. “He tweets so much,” Romney said, comparing the president to one of his nieces who overshares on Instagram. “I love her, but it’s like, Ah, it’s too much.”
It didn’t take Slate contributor Ashley Feinberg too long to find the secret account.
“Pierre Delecto”
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According to Feinberg:
The Pierre Delecto account’s very first follow was eldest Romney scion Tagg, joined shortly thereafter by Glen Johnson, a current politics editor for Boston.com who was firmly on the Romney beat around the time the account was originally created. Next was Mark DeMoss, who the Salt Lake Tribune described in 2012 as “an unpaid adviser to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign for the past five years,” and Eric Fehrnstrom, who still has “Former @MittRomney adviser” in his Twitter bio.
The Pierre Delecto Twitter page was set to private.
DHS defends viral video of CBP agents detaining undocumented landscaper wielding weed whacker in California
Rodney King-era ‘rooftop Korean’ calls left-wing riots manufactured: ‘looking for the next George Floyd’
Trump slams Bibi over ceasefire violations, denounces cable channels over skepticism
Trump to speak at NATO Summit amid warming relations with alliance’s leaders
Weiner’s political comeback falls flat in New York City Council primary defeat
Cuomo concedes in NYC Democratic primary for mayor, congratulates AOC-endorsed Mamdani
Trump says media teamed up to ‘demean’ US strike on Iranian nuclear sites after intel leak
Teen nicknamed ‘Big Balls’ leaves Trump’s cost-cutting team after exposing wasteful spending
NYC polls are closed but race far from over due to ranked-choice voting
Top Biden aide admits to Congress she directed autopen signatures without knowing who gave final approval
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg wins Democratic primary handily against ex-prosecutor
MAGAworld paints apocalyptic picture of Zohran Mamdani mayorship as New York City votes
Trump caps dramatic 24 hours in Israel-Iran war with NATO summit leaders
Man arrested in connection to fertility center bombing in California dies in federal custody
Bernie Sanders, AOC-backed mayoral candidate planning massive spending increases in NYC
And… Already we have this… Pierre liked this tweet on Little Marco.
Mitt Romney (AKA Pierre Delecto) liked this tweet. (As did I.)Since @MittRomney is the most prominent @GOP anti-Trumper, I’m starting to wonder . . . which foreign country was told it wouldn’t get its foreign aid until it found out who Pierre Delecto was . . . https://t.co/W9pfm2WLwu— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) October 21, 2019
Here’s another nasty tweet he liked on Newt Gingrich.
Mitt Romney and New Gingrich don’t like each other. That is not news. Romney once called him a “failed leader” who “resigned in disgrace.” #PierreDelecto also does not care for Newt Gingrich, as demonstrated by his like of this tweet. 3/ pic.twitter.com/B8oCtzjA9j— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) October 20, 2019
And Mitt retweeted a Bill Kristol tweet in SUPPORT OF IMPEACHMENT!
Many people have been reminding Lindsey Graham that he used to be a bit more likely to find Presidential misbehavior to be impeachment-worthy in the past. Pierre Delecto also liked this tweet about the person who may or may not be his fellow Senator! 5/ pic.twitter.com/RS49CU3Bwp— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) October 20, 2019
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