A Twitter account was purportedly promoting the campaign of the Black Republican candidate from Nevada.
This stock photo that was used alongside the fake account was captioned on iStockPhoto simply as,"Confident businessman with arms crossed."In May 2023, former U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed a Black congressional candidate with a racial slur for his last name.In mid-May 2023, a Twitter account was created with the N-word in its handle, followed by"NV03," apparently in reference to the U.S.
Furthermore, there was no active race for Nevada's 3rd Congressional District. Rep. Susie Lee, a Democrat, wasThat said, we were curious about the origins of the image used as the account's profile photograph. We found the picture onOn top of that, some readers may have noticed the mention of Tennessee U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles in the righthand corner of the tweet about Trump's alleged endorsement.
It was unclear how the account with the full spelling of the racial epithet in its handle was allowed to be created on Twitter. We reached out to Twitter, via its email address for press inquiries, to ask if the account violated the platform's guidelines. In response, we immediately received an automatic reply — a pooh emoji — that all journalists were receiving from the platform in spring 2023.
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