Posted on 10/09/2020 5:37:02 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
C-SPAN host Steve Scully has been hit with a tidal wave of skepticism over his claim that a tweet from his account reaching out to former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci was the result of a hack.
President Trump sounded off against the selected presidential debate moderator after the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) officially canceled the second debate.
".@SteveScully, the Never Trumper next debate moderator, got caught cold. Pulled out the old, 'Ive been hacked', line. That never works. His bosses are furious at him as hes lost all credibility!" Trump exclaimed.
According to a statement from C-SPAN, Scully "did not originate the tweet" in question. The statement added that the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) was investigating the incident "with the help of authorities."
CPD later stated that "it had reported the apparent hack to the FBI and Twitter" as part of its investigation.
A spokesperson for Twitter told Fox News "We've no comment" when asked to confirm whether or not Scully's account was hacked.
Scully, who has not yet publicly addressed the controversy himself and could not be reached for comment, has a history of blaming "hackers" for posts made on his Twitter account, dating back to 2012 and 2013.
The Scully Saga has had critics howling.
"Hey C-SPAN, were the hackers screaming 'This is MAGA country!' while they were hacking his account???" asked Donald Trump Jr., alluding to the debunked hate crime reported by actor Jussie Smollett in 2019.
"Not buying it," political scientist Ian Bremmer tweeted. "Steve Scully the luckiest guy out there that theres no debate, since otherwise theyd need to pull him."
"This is not going to go well," journalist Yashar Ali predicted. "If he was indeed hacked, it should be very easy to prove."
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Scully -Former Biden intern and Ted Kennedy Aid. Just the kind guy the non partisan debate commission would pick to moderate.
What did the tweet say?
Trump should announce that he will be somewhere and ballless biden should meet him, unarmed and unsupported, and debate mano a mano, no rules style..
Why do we allow the left to always set rules and put their people in to moderate?
Gotta be an innocent explanation brother!
We’ve had one “debate,” we don’t need anymore where the President has to respond to a bumbling Biden and a pro-Biden ‘moderator.’
No they are furious because he lost THEM all crediblity. And here is Bob Dole explaining that this bipartisan commission is actually made up of never trumpers:
Senator Bob Dol @SenatorDoleThe Commission on Presidential Debates is supposedly bipartisan w/ an equal number of Rs and Ds. I know all of the Republicans and most are friends of mine. I am concerned that none of them support @realDonaldTrump. A biased Debate Commission is unfair.
Thank you, Senator Dole.
Now that is a ticket millennials would trip over each other to support.
Scully wants the American people to know he was hacked so much that...he deleted his account so that forensics are now impossible.
Nice to see that Sen. Dole is more coherent than the demented pedophile, Biden.
Stevie should file a report with the police
Just shows it’s not age. It’s the madcow.
Scully claims he was hacked. What crap. Somebody is going to go through the trouble to hack his account and only write, “Should I respond to Trump”?
No, you moron, resign whatever position you have and pledge a life of self-Flagellation. Nothing can make up for lying your ass off.
AND YOU’VE DONE IT BEFORE!!!!!
AND CAN YOU BELIEVE CHRIS WALLASS STUCK UP FOR THIS GUY? HE LOSES MORE CREDIBILITY EVERY DAY
!! A biased Debate Commission is unfair. !!
Wow, Good for Bob Dole!
How long was Scaramucci working for POTUS? I don’t recall it being very long.
President Trump: Rock on sir.
Scumbag Scully: Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye.
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