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California Democrat Ted Lieu deletes tweet after Elon Musk fact-checks him
Just the News ^ | Updated: December 27, 2022 - 1:29pm | Madeleine Hubbard

Posted on 12/27/2022 5:24:09 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) deleted a tweet responding to the "Twitter Files" after CEO Elon Musk said he was pointing users to "misleading data" about COVID. 

Lieu deleted his tweet Monday in response to reporter David Zweig's Twitter Files revelations showing how the social media platform censored factually accurate COVID information that conflicted with the federal government.

"The tweet you cite is in fact misleading. People of all ages at high risk from covid generally benefit from vaccines. Prior natural immunity may last only a few months. COVID appears to be a leading cause of death for children," Lieu tweeted with a link to a preprint study that was re-written after critics pointed out its inaccuracies

"Ted is linking to misleading data," Musk tweeted, calling for the platform's Community Notes to add missing information to the congressman's tweet. 

Lieu deleted the tweet and responded again with a similar post by changing "COVID appears to be a leading cause of death for children" to "COVID can still be lethal for some children" and linking to a Bloomberg article titled, "Covid Is Way More Lethal to Kids Than The Flu."

Critics again called out Lieu for spreading misleading information about COVID in his tweet. 

Lieu defended his decision to delete the tweet. 

"I actually follow the facts wherever they may lead, and will revise my views if there are new facts," he said.

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1 posted on 12/27/2022 5:24:09 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Lieu is a dingbat.


2 posted on 12/27/2022 5:27:07 PM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: Fido969

Aren’t they all?


3 posted on 12/27/2022 5:27:50 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I didn’t know that Ted is a doctor.


4 posted on 12/27/2022 5:28:13 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Lieu is an asshole.


5 posted on 12/27/2022 5:29:02 PM PST by wardamneagle
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

People of all ages at high risk from covid generally benefit from vaccines.


A case can be made in regards that small subset. As for the rest of the nation?


6 posted on 12/27/2022 5:35:02 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Earth to Ted Lieu...more kids are dying from the COVID vaccines than from COVID. So much lying going on from the CDC, Fauci, Francis Collins, Wallensky and you lapped it up like a cat drinks milk.


7 posted on 12/27/2022 5:38:03 PM PST by Metrobank
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“California Democrat Ted Lieu deletes tweet after Elon Musk fact-checks him”

He BLINKED (or, in Neocon parlance, blinkened). Something must have scared him about Musk...interesting.


8 posted on 12/27/2022 5:39:29 PM PST by BobL
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

good job Musk. you put the liar lieu in his place with facts.


9 posted on 12/27/2022 5:42:14 PM PST by dadfly ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Lieu deleted the tweet and responded again with a similar post by changing “COVID appears to be a leading cause of death for children” to “COVID can still be lethal for some children”

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Humongous difference.


10 posted on 12/27/2022 5:47:58 PM PST by Graybeard58
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
California Democrat Ted Lieu deletes tweet after Elon Musk fact-checks him

"I Didn't Do It, Nobody Saw Me Do It, There's No Way You Can Prove Anything!"

Bart Simpson

11 posted on 12/27/2022 5:55:53 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Fido969

Still overweight Moderna in his stock portfolio?


12 posted on 12/27/2022 5:57:09 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

A Lieu is a toilet.


13 posted on 12/27/2022 6:22:24 PM PST by cp124 (80% of everything is fake or a lie.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
He should go back to his old job.


14 posted on 12/27/2022 6:25:08 PM PST by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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To: Metrobank

“Earth to Ted Lieu...more kids are dying from the COVID vaccines than from COVID. So much lying going on from the CDC, Fauci, Francis Collins, Wallensky and you lapped it up like a cat drinks milk.”

I can’t say for sure, but politicians like Ted are either incredibly and “willfully” ignorant of the facts, or they are simply evil without a shred of decency, humanity or concern for anybody except themselves.

What a horrid little person he must be.


15 posted on 12/27/2022 6:27:37 PM PST by Four of Six
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To: Fido969

Or Lieu is a mega scumbag like Schiff and Brad Sherman.


16 posted on 12/27/2022 6:55:51 PM PST by Kaiser8408a (z)
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To: lepton
People of all ages at high risk from covid generally benefit from vaccines. <<<

and we know that from “People of all ages at high risk from covid” died from the placebo?

17 posted on 12/27/2022 6:57:11 PM PST by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Last I checked COVID isn’t even in the Top 10 for fatalities in the 0-18 age range. Patently false.


18 posted on 12/27/2022 7:09:55 PM PST by KingofZion
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Ted is a big noise, but falls apart when faced with the slightest opposition.


19 posted on 12/27/2022 7:20:18 PM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Raff out Roud!!!


20 posted on 12/27/2022 7:21:08 PM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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