It was a political effort to make the Democrats look good and the Republicans look bad.
Exactly what any competent campaign would do.
And if you think the Republicans didn't have organized programs to influence the media - particularly conservative media - you're hopelessly naïve.
Not to mention that Twitter doesn't have the power to stop anyone from speaking.
The voters who said they'd have voted for Trump if they only knew of the New York Post's Hunter Biden story would say otherwise.
-PJ