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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BREAKING: DHS Employee Among Victims in Georgia Murder Spree by Naturalized US Citizen
New video shows Oklahoma high school principal tackling gunman who opened fire inside the school
BREAKING: Swalwell’s Campaign Paid for Room at Hotel Where He Allegedly Raped Lonna Drewes – Same Timeframe, Same Address
Colorado highway descends into chaos after massive 75-vehicle pileup, amid hazardous winter weather
Former UCLA gynecologist sentenced after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting patients at school
Docs show migrant accused of killing Loyola student was flagged as flight risk before release
Two Congressmen Resign Hours Apart, Underscoring One Basic Commandment: Don’t Commit Adultery
Former Swalwell ally says longtime friendship with him ‘clouded my judgement’ as rumors swirled in DC
NY Nuns Fight Back After Kathy Hochul Orders Them to ‘Abandon Their Religious Beliefs’ or Close Their Nursing Home
Appeals Court Slaps Down Judge Boasberg’s Targeting of Trump Admin, Citing ‘A Clear Abuse of Discretion’
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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.
Republican seeks blue-state breakthrough, distances from Trump while taking aim at ‘socialist’
Suspect in string of random attacks in Georgia is naturalized citizen from UK, DHS says
DOJ sues Connecticut, New Haven over sanctuary policies: ‘Open defiance’
House avoids unprecedented four-member expulsion week as Swalwell and Gonzales resign instead
BREAKING: DHS Employee Among Victims in Georgia Murder Spree by Naturalized US Citizen
New video shows Oklahoma high school principal tackling gunman who opened fire inside the school
BREAKING: Swalwell’s Campaign Paid for Room at Hotel Where He Allegedly Raped Lonna Drewes – Same Timeframe, Same Address
Colorado highway descends into chaos after massive 75-vehicle pileup, amid hazardous winter weather
Former UCLA gynecologist sentenced after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting patients at school
Docs show migrant accused of killing Loyola student was flagged as flight risk before release
Two Congressmen Resign Hours Apart, Underscoring One Basic Commandment: Don’t Commit Adultery
Former Swalwell ally says longtime friendship with him ‘clouded my judgement’ as rumors swirled in DC
NY Nuns Fight Back After Kathy Hochul Orders Them to ‘Abandon Their Religious Beliefs’ or Close Their Nursing Home
Appeals Court Slaps Down Judge Boasberg’s Targeting of Trump Admin, Citing ‘A Clear Abuse of Discretion’
Senate GOP eyes midterm calendar ahead of Samuel Alito retirement decision
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
Story cited here.
