SAY IT IS EVEN NECESSARY TO
START THINKING ABOUT MOVING IT.
>> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING, WILLIE, OVER THE PAST
COUPLE DAYS, ON SUNDAY’S SHOW,
YESTERDAY, WE’VE BEEN TALKING,
AS HAVE MOST WHITE HOUSE
REPORTERS, TALKING ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S JUST BIZARRE TWEETS
OVER THE PAST WEEKEND.
OBVIOUSLY, HE’S BEEN DOING THAT
FOR OVER THREE YEARS.
THEY HAVE GOTTEN WORSE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME INVOLVING A
WOMAN WHO WORKED IN MY OFFICE
BACK IN -- 19 YEARS AGO.
THE "NEW YORK TIMES," CARA
SWISHER, THIS MORNING, HAS JUST
POSTED AN OP-ED IN THE "NEW YORK
TIMES" ABOUT WHAT TWITTER SHOULD
DO.
A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLING FOR
DONALD TRUMP TO BE TAKEN OFF THE
SITE.
AT LEAST THE TWEETS BEING TAKEN
DOWN.
C
KARA WRITES ABOUT THAT AND ALSO
HAS A LETTER CAREFROM THE HUSBAN
LORI KLAUSUTIS.
>> IT IS THE FULL LETTER FROM
TIMOTHY KLAUSUTIS.
THE LETTER IS TO TWITTER CEO
JACK DORSEY.
IT READS, QUOTE, MR. DORSEY,
NEARLY 19 YEARS AGO, MY WIFE,
WHO HAD AN UNDIAGNOSED HEART
CONDITION, FELL AND HIT HER HEAD
ON HER DESK AT WORK.
SHE WAS FOUND DEAD THE NEXT
MORNING.
HER NAME IS LORI K.KLAUSUTIS.
SHE WAS 28 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE
DIED.
HER PASSING IS THE SINGLE MOST
PAINFUL THING THAT I HAVE EVER
HAD TO DEAL WITH IN MY 52 YEARS
AND CONTINUES TO HAUNT HER
PARENTS AND SISTER.
I HAVE MOURNED MY WIFE EVERY DAY
SINCE HER PASSING.
I’VE TRIED TO HONOR HER MEMORY
AND OUR MARRIAGE.
AS HER HUSBAND, I FEEL THAT ONE
OF MY MARITAL ONLY DPAGSS S OBLI
PROTECT HER MEMORY, AS I WOULD
HAVE PROTECTED HER IN LIFE.
THERE HAS BEEN A CONSTANT
BARRAGE OF FALSEHOODS, HALF
TRUTHS, INNUENDO, AND CONSPIRACY
THEORIES SINCE THE DAY SHE DIED.
I REALIZE THAT MAY SOUND LIKE AN
EXAGGERATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS THE
VERIFIABLE TRUTH.
BECAUSE OF THIS, I HAVE
STRUGGLED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MY LIFE.
MY LIFE.
THE FREQUENCY, INTENSITY,
UGLINESS, AND PROMULGATION OF
THE LIES ON THE INTERNET
SPREADS.
MOST RECENTLY, THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES TO
SPREAD THE VILE AND
MISINFORMATION ON YOUR PLATFORM,
DISPARAGING THE MEMORY OF MY
WIFE AND OUR MARRIAGE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ON TUESDAY
TWEETED TO HIS NEARLY 80 MILLION
FOLLOWERS, ELUDING TO THE
REPEATEDLY DEBUNKED FALSEHOOD
THAT MY WIFE WAS MURDERED BY HER
BOSS, FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
JOE SCARBOROUGH.
THE SON OF THE PRESIDENT
FOLLOWED, AND MORE DIRECTLY
ATTACKED MY WIFE BY TWEETING TO
HIS FOLLOWERS, AS THE MEANS OF
SPREADING THIS VICIOUS LIE.
I’M SURE YOU’RE AWARE OF THIS
SITUATION BECAUSE MEDIA AROUND
THE WORLD HAVE COVERED IT, BUT
JUST IN CASE, HERE IT IS.
HERE, KLAUSUTIS PLAYS THE TWEETS
FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND
ONE FROM HIS SON, DONALD TRUMP
JR.
TIMOTHY GOES ON.
MY REQUEST IS SIMPLE, PLEASE
DELETE THESE TWEETS.
I’M A RESEARCH ENGINEER AND NOT
A LAWYER, BUT I’VE REVIEWED ALL
TWITTER’S RULES AND TERMS OF
SERVICE.
THE PRESIDENT’S TWEETS THAT
SUGGEST THAT LORI WAS MURDERED,
WITHOUT EVIDENCE, AND CONTRARY
TO THE OFFICIAL AUTOPSY, IS A
VIOLATION OF TWITTER’S COMMUNITY
RULES IN SS AND TERMS OF SERVICE
AN ORDINARY USER LIKE ME WOULD
BE BANISHED FROM THE PLATFORM
FOR SUCH A TWEET.
BUT I’M ONLY ASKING THAT THESE
TWEETS BE REMOVED.
I AM NOW ANGRY, AS WELL AS
FRUSTRATED AND GRIEVED.
I UNDERSTAND THAT TWITTER’S
POLICIES ABOUT CONTENT ARE
DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN THE
APPEARANCE THAT YOUR HANDS ARE
CLEAN.
YOU PROVIDE THE PLATFORM, AND
THE REST IS UP TO USERS.
HOWEVER, IN CERTAIN PAST CASES,
TWITTER HAS REMOVED CONTENT AND
ACCOUNTS THAT ARE INCONSISTENT
WITH YOUR TERMS OF SERVICE.
I’M ASKING YOU TO INTERVENE IN
THIS INSTANCE BECAUSE THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
HAS TAKEN SOMETHING THAT DOES
NOT BELONG TO HIM, THE MEMORY OF
MY DEAD WIFE, AND PERVERTED IT
FOR PERCEIVED POLITICAL GAIN.
I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT YOU
CONSIDER LORI’S NIECE AND TWO
NEPHEWS, WHO WILL EVENTUALLY
COME ACROSS THIS FILTH IN THE
FUTURE.
THEY’VE NEVER MET THEIR AUNT,
AND IT PAINS ME TO THINK THAT
THEY WOULD EVER HAVE TO LEARN
ABOUT HER IN THIS WAY.
MY WIFE DESERVES BETTER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
YOU SOON.
SINCERELY, TIMOTHY J.KLAUSUTIS,
PhD.
WILLIE?
>> WILLIE, THE LINE HERE, AND K
PhD.
WILLIE?
>> WILLIE, THE LINE HERE, AND,
YOU KNOW, I KNOW ALL TOO WELL
HOW MUCH T.J. HAS SUFFERED, AND
HOW MUCH -- HE’S TOLD ME HIS
FAMILY HAS SUFFERED.
BUT
BUT, YOU KNOW, HE SAYS, IN THE
LETTER, THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS
TAKEN SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T
BELONG TO HIM.
THE MEMORY OF HIS DEAD WIFE AND
PERVERTED IT FOR PERCEIVED
POLITICAL GAIN.
YOU KNOW, THAT’S SOMETHING THAT
HE HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH FOR 19
YEARS, WHETHER IT WAS, YOU KNOW,
FROM THE FAR LEFT OF THE
INTERNET, OR FROM CATHERINE
HARRIS SEVERAL YEARS LATER ON
THE INTERNET, OR FROM A FAR-LEFT
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET, OR FROM
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME THEY SPREAD
THESE LIES, THEY’RE HURTING THE
FAMILY.
THERE ARE PARALLELS THAT KARA
SWISHER TALKS ABOUT, WITH SANDY
HOOK, THE SANDY HOOK TRUTHERS.
AND WITH THE SETH RICH
CONSPIRACY THEORY.
EXCEPT, AS KARA WRITES, THIS IS
PERHAPS EVEN WORSE BECAUSE THE
LIES, THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES,
THE HATE SPEECH IS BEING SPREAD
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
>> YEAH.
IT USED TO COME FROM THESE DARK
CORNERS OF THE INTERNET, AS YOU
SAID.
THIS IS COMING FROM THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
HOW SAD AND HOW SICK AND HOW
SORRY I AM THAT T.J. HAD TO SIT
DOWN AND COMPOSE THAT LETTER,
ABOUT A WIFE HE LOST IN HER 20s,
19 YEARS AGO, THAT THIS ALL HAD
TO COME BACK UP.
YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT SHOWING
NO HUMANITY WHATSOEVER.
IF YOU WANT TO COME AFTER US AND
OUR SHOW, LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN FOR
FOUR YEARS, THAT’S FINE.
WE CAN TAKE THAT.
WE IGNORE IT.
WE GET ON WITH OUR LIVES.
BUT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE
WHO STILL GRAPPLES EVERY DAY
ABOUT THE PASSING OF HIS WIFE,
THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF HIS WIFE.
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE
CASES, AS KARA WRITES IN HER
COLUMN WITH SANDY HOOK AND
OTHERS, IS PEOPLE TAKE THESE
CUES FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
THEY TAKE CUES FROM MEDIA
FIGURES.
THEY ACT ON THEM.
SANDY HOOK PARENTS HAVE BEEN
HARASSED NOW FOR EIGHT YEARS, AS
THEY’VE HAD TO MOVE, MANY OF
THEM, GO INTO HIDING, BECAUSE
THEY’RE HARASSED BY CONSPIRACY
THEORISTS.
THE IDEA THAT T.J. NOW HAS TO
DEAL WITH THIS AGAIN, SIT DOWN
AND WRITE THIS LETTER, IS TRULY
APPALLING.
WHATEVER HUMANITY THE PRESIDENT
MAY HAVE, I HOPE HE WOULD APPEAL
TO IT AND LISTEN TO LORI’S
HUSBAND.
>> WELL, AND THE FAMILY TOLD THE
"WASHINGTON POST," REMEMBER, THE
FAMILY TOLD THE "WASHINGTON
POST" THAT THEY WERE AFRAID TO
SPEAK OUT ON THIS BECAUSE THEY
DIDN’T WANT TO BE ATTACKED BY
THE INTERNET TROLLS THAT HAVE
ATTACKED AND MADE THE VICTIMS OF
SANDY HOOK, THE PARENTS WHOSE
FIRST GRADE CHILDREN WERE
SLAUGHTERED AT SANDY HOOK, MADE
THEM LIVE THROUGH THE HELL THAT
THEY’RE NOW LIVING THROUGH,
BECAUSE OF INTERNET TROLLS, OR
SETH RICH’S PARENTS, WHAT THEY
HAVE HAD TO ENDURE.
AND WHAT THE KLAUSUTISES, THE
ENTIRE FAMILY HAD TO ENDURE FOR
19 YEARS.
IT IS UNSPEAKABLY CRUEL, WHETHER
IT’S THE PRESIDENT OR WHETHER
IT’S PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE
PRESIDENT.
IT IS UNSPEAKABLY CRUEL.
>> MADE WORSE BY TWITTER.
>> THESE ARE NOT PUBLIC FIGURES,
NOR HAVE THEY EVER BEEN PUBLIC
FIGURES.
ANYWAY, I’M SORRY, WILLIE.
GO AHEAD.
>> KARA SWISHER, WHO WROTE THIS
COLUMN, OBVIOUSLY, SHE’S THE
PROMINENT SILICON VALLEY
JOURNALIST, SHE WRITES THIS,
PLEASE DELETE THOSE TWEETS, THE
WIDOWER BEGGED TO TWITTER’S
CHIEF EXECUTIVE, JACK DORSEY.
MY WIFE DESERVES BETTER.
YES, TWITTER, LORI KLAUSUTIS
DESERVES BETTER, WRITES KARA.
TWO DECADES AFTER SHE DIED IN A
TRAGIC ACCIDENT THAT’S MORPHED
INTO A CONTINUING NIGHTMARE FOR
HER HUSBAND, TIMOTHY, THE BOOGIE
BOOGEYMAN PLUNGING HIM AND HIS
FAMILY INTO THE WORST OF MEMORY
HOLES IS A CONSPIRACY THEORY
LOVING, TWITCHY FINGER, AND
SHAMELESS TWEETER, WHO ALSO
HAPPENS TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES, DONALD J.
DONALD TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ON TUESDAY
TWEETED TO HIS 80 MILLION
FOLLOWERS, ALLUDING TO THE
REPEATEDLY DEBUNKED FALSEHOOD
THAT MY WIFE WAS MURDERED BY HER
BOSS, FORMER U.S. REPRESENT JOE
SCARBOROUGH.
THE PRESIDENT’S SON FOLLOWED AND
TWEETED TO HIS FOLLOWERS,
SPREADING THIS VICIOUS LIE,
WROTE MR. KLAUSU I STIS IN A LET
WRITTEN TO JACK DORSEY.
I’M HAVING YOU TO INTERVENE
BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES HAS TAKEN
SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT BELONG
TO HIM.
THE MEMORY OF MY DEAD WIFE, AND
PERVERTED IT FOR PERCEIVED
POLITICAL GAIN.
AGAIN, READING FROM T.J.’S
LETTER.
KARA GOES ON TO WRITE, MR.
MR. KLAUSUTIS DESERVES AN ANSWER
FROM MR. DORSEY, WHO HAS THE
UNENVIABLE TASK OF SORTING OUT
THE UNSORTABLE, THE UGLY HEART
OF TWITTER’S MOST FAMOUS
CUSTOMER.
EXECUTIVES HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO OVER THE
WEEKEND.
THE COMPANY HAS, AT THIS
WRITING, BEEN SILENT ABOUT THIS
CONTROVERSY INVOLVING
MR. TRUMP’S APPALLING AND
RULE-BREAKING TWITTER HABIT.
THIS EPISODE IS NOT UNLIKE OTHER
INFAMOUS STORIES FLOATING AROUND
SOCIAL DISTANCING
SOCIAL MEDIA, LIKE THE INHUMANE
SPECULATION OF THE DEATH OF A
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
STAFFER SETH RICH, OR THE OCEAN
OF NASTY MISINFORMATION ABOUT
THE MURDERS OF THE CHILDREN OF
SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY, THAT GOT
ALEX JONES DESERVEDLY THROWN OFF
SEVERAL PLATFORMS.
KARA GOES ON TO WRITE, BUT THIS
MESS IS PERHAPS THE HIGH TIDE OF
THAT ENDLESS SKEW OF TOXIC BILE
BECAUSE IT IS BEING RELENTLESSLY
AMPED UP BY THE LEADER OF THE
FREE WORLD.
THE TRUMP/SCARBOROUGH DUO MEANS
LESS.
THEY ARE BOTH FAMOUS AND HAVE TO
SUFFER.
THE REAL ISSUE IS THE VERY
SERIOUS COLLATERAL DAMAGE OF
THIS FIGHT, WHICH IS THE POST
MORE ITEM LIBEL OF MS.
MS. KLAUSUTIS.
ANOTHER SOLUTION BEING DISCUSSED
INSIDE TWITTER IS TO LABEL THE
TWEETS AS FALSE AND LINK TO
MYRIAD, HIGH-QUALITY INFORMATION
AND REPORTING THAT REFUTE THE
TWEET
TWEETS’ SINISTER INSINUATIONS.
SOURCES TELL ME, WRITES KARA, IS
AFTER HESITANCE IN DEALING WITH
MR. TRUMP’S TWEETS, THE COMPANY
IS WORKING ON A ROBUST RUBRIC
OVER LABELING AND DEALING WITH
FALSEHOODS.
AGAIN, TOP COMPANY EXECUTIVES
HOPE THE PLACEMENT OF TRUTH
AGAINST LIES WILL SERVE TO
CLEANSE THE STAIN.
I THINK THIS IS BOTH NAIVE AND
WILL BE INEFFECTIVE.
MOST PEOPLE’S EXPERIENCE TRACKS
WITH THAT OLD AXIOM, A LIE CAN
TRAVEL HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD
WHILE TRUTH IS GETTING ITS SHOES
ON.
IN THE DJIGITAL AGE, IT’D BE TO
THE MOON AND BACK 347 TIMES.
I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE
SUGGESTION MR. KLAUSUTIS MAKES
IN HIS LETTER, TO REMOVE THE
OFFENDING TWEETS.
PERHAPS A BOARD TO REVIEW TWEETS
COULD INCLUDE MR. KLAUSUTIS, WHO
MIGHT KNOW MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE
ABOUT THE PRICE OF THIS.
T.J. WROTE, I HAVE MOURNED MY
WIFE EVERY DAY SINCE HER
PASSING.
I HAVE TRIED TO HONOR HER MEMORY
AND OUR MARRIAGE, WITH THE KIND
OF ENDURING DIGNITY THIS WOULD
BE NICE TO SEE MORE OF FROM OUR
LEADERS.
THERE HAS BEEN A BARRAGE OF
FALSEHOODS, HALF TRUTHS,
INNUENDOS, AND CONSPIRACY
THEERTIESTHEER
TY
THEORIES SINCE THE DAY SHE DIED.
IT IS UNFORTUNATELY THE
VERIFIABLE TRUTH.
BECAUSE OF THIS, I HAVE
STRUGGLED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
MY LIFE.
THAT FROM T.J.’S LETTER.
KARA GOES ON TO SAY, IT IS LONG PAST TIME TO LET HIM DO THAT.
