Both the Commission on Presidential Debates and C-SPAN are claiming that Steve Scully’s twitter account was hacked last night:
Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) co-chair Frank Fahrenkopf tells me that he was told debate moderator Steve Scully's Twitter account was hacked but adds he has no direct knowledge.
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) October 9, 2020
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 9, 2020
Sean Spicer also claims this is legit:
I spoke w @SteveScully Only interactions w Scaramucci he has had are a June 2018 tv & 2019 radio @cspan interview. He did not send the tweet. Steve is good man & will make an excellent @debates moderator. CSPAN does an amazing job of giving people unfiltered access #Debates2020
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) October 9, 2020
Sorry, but I don’t believe it. If someone actually hacked Steve Scully’s account, they wouldn’t have just typed “@Scaramucci should I respond to trump.” It would have been FAR worse.
Megyn Kelly couldn’t believe this either, saying “They can’t possibly go with this. How stupid do they think we are?”
They can’t possibly go with this. How stupid do they think we are? https://t.co/RyMqBcYWUc
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) October 9, 2020
Absolutely. The must think we are just dumb as dirt.
Also if they are truly investigating this, let’s see the police report:
Post a copy of the police report. https://t.co/3QHMjMkZ60
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) October 9, 2020
UPDATE: This isn’t the first time Steve Scully has claimed his twitter account was hacked:
I apologize for some earlier TWEETS…account was hacked…those tweets did not come from me. Thanks all for alerting me. SS
— Steve Scully (@SteveScully) March 9, 2013
I apologize for Saturday's tweets regarding weight loss, etc. I still have my day job at
C-SPAN…darn those hackers. Have a great Sunday— Steve Scully (@SteveScully) May 20, 2012