Alas, the sucky photoshopper who claimed the anti-Semitic "artwork" behind Donald Trump's latest racist tweet has deleted his Twitter account. The Daily Beast reported earlier:
@FishBoneHead1 describes himself as a "comedian" who will "probably offend you if you are Liberal, Politically Correct, Feminist, Democrat." The account has created or shared several racist memes bashing Clinton, Muslims, and other minorities.
Another tweet from the same account includes a garish cartoon depicting a Muslim man carrying a severed head with an upside down sign reading "Refugees Welcome."
The individual running the account seems proud of their work, tweeting at various news outlets to claim credit.
Well, he was proud of his work until it seemed likely that certain motivated news outlets might find out who he was in real life. Meanwhile, the Trump campaign continues to pretend the star, which again, has been claimed by a self-declared anti-Semite, was just a Sheriff's badge type star, not something to do with positing Jews, corruption, and money in the same image. Twitter isn't buying it:
The warning signs were there for Team Trump: pic.twitter.com/8Nwc30Ddnl
— Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) July 5, 2016
hey @CLewandowski_ and @realJeffreyLord
look at these two adorable soon-to-be sheriffs! pic.twitter.com/p2fYELw4aR— k8 (@rolling_2) July 3, 2016
I'm no political genius but I don't think it's a good idea to wager a presidential campaign on defence of @FishBoneHead1 not being a bigot.
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) July 4, 2016
@WillMcEvoy (named after the character on HBO's The Newsroom) tweeted the following eight questions to Trump's director of social media (yeah) Dan Scorvino, before he was blocked.
I have a few questions, @DanScavino
1. Are you at all concerned that you were so easily duped again into spreading anti-Semitic propaganda?— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) July 5, 2016
.@DanScavino
2. Why was the image allowed to stay up for hours when concerns about the imagery were raised immediately after it was posted?— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) July 5, 2016
.@DanScavino
3. Why is the campaign using anonymous shared content instead of producing campaign graphics in house?— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) July 5, 2016
.@DanScavino
4. What does it say about the campaign that it will spread content without first verifying the source of that content?— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) July 5, 2016
.@DanScavino
5. Do you think it is right the campaign uses content created by other people without offering attribution or compensation?— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) July 5, 2016
.@DanScavino
6. Why was the watermark and author signature removed prior to the Trump campaign spreading the tweet?— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) July 5, 2016
.@DanScavino
7. Why are you citing Microsoft's shapes, when you have no confirmation that the graphic was designed in that program?— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) July 5, 2016
.@DanScavino
8. What steps are you taking to avoid spreading neo-Nazi propaganda in the future? Because this is the sixth damn time.— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) July 5, 2016
These are the questions I asked @DanScavino that led him to block me: https://t.co/Cc6GRJTiFF
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) July 5, 2016
Which leaves one more question for Dan Scavino: Why does a Director of SOCIAL MEDIA block people who ask legitimate questions on Twitter?
PS if you would like the honor of being blocked by Donald Trump's Director of Social Media, retweet the above tweets to @DanScavino. Apparently it works really well.
