Hours after Scalise’s video was posted, Twitter flagged the tweet in accordance to their policy on “synthetic and manipulated media.” The reason for this, as called out by Washington Post’s Dave Weigel, is that the clip deceptively embellishes Barkan’s words by editing in “for police” to the question “But do we agree that we can redirect some of the funding?”
"I tried lying and got caught! I'm a victim! Censorship!"
“Twitter is punishing me for my conservative beliefs!”
"Why can't I just spread my fake news in peace? You libs are nazis!"
- Scalise tomorrow