Debate Commission Co-Chair Frank Fahrenkoph Says Steve Scully’s Twitter Account Was Hacked

Co-Chair of Debates Says Steve Scully’s Twitter Was Hacked

The Commission on Presidential Debates co-chair Frank Fahrenkoph was on Brian Kilmeade’s radio show on Friday morning. He said that C-SPAN host Steve Scully’s Twitter account had been hacked. These comments came in the aftermath of a tweet sent from Scully’s account to former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci that raised questions of impartiality. Scaramucci is a fierce critic of Trump.

Just in- @debates co-chair Frank Fahrenkopf says debate #2 moderator Steve Scully's twitter account was hacked: "Apparently something now that's being on television and on the radio saying that… he's been talking to #Scaramucci. He was hacked. It didn't happen"

— Rocco Aloe (@Rocco__PR) October 9, 2020

Fahrenkopf made the remarks on Brian Kilmeade’s radio show a short time ago.

— Rocco Aloe (@Rocco_FNC) October 9, 2020

TWITTER USERS CALL B.S.

Then why would scaramucci respond like he knows what they were talking about?

— TRUMP 2020 (@Red8188) October 9, 2020

And Scaramucci was hacked too? His response indicates that they were previously colluding and didn’t realize this wasn’t a DM. pic.twitter.com/Rhyzak0cQd

— SouthSideCubFan (@S0uthSideCubFan) October 9, 2020

If he was hacked he should report this to the FBI asap. This could be Russian or Chinese election interference!

If he doesn’t report it to the FBI, presumably he’s more worried about filing a false report… though they wouldn’t prosecute a dem anyway.

Which one is it Steve? https://t.co/G8QZrkgrWn

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 9, 2020

Have the FBI investigate immediately. This could be an attempt to influence the elections by foreign actors!

— TopTradeGuru (@TopTradeGuru1) October 9, 2020

If he were hacked, the hacker wouldn’t waste it on that one vague tweet & didn’t Scaramucci respond???

— TheJessicaNumbers (@jmrX0310) October 9, 2020

Except that The Mooch responded in a way that clearly indicates he knew what @SteveScully was talking about. It wasn’t a hack.

— Stephe96 (@Stephe96) October 9, 2020

Riiiiight. Sounds totally like something a random hacker would write. Uh-huh. 🙄

— Anonamom (@Anonamom7B) October 9, 2020

Sounds like they’ve taken a page out of Joy Reid’s book.

— Big B (@blaubaugh) October 9, 2020

Hacked for exactly 1 tweet. Sure. We believe that.

— Attila the Honeybunn (@TimMansplainsIt) October 9, 2020

yes, hackers always leave just a single tweet. 😜

— No carrots, no peas! (@s01une) October 9, 2020

So I look forward to @SteveScully inviting the FBI to investigate this hack

— Idiots My Age (@idiotsmyage) October 9, 2020

Everyone on Twitter last night called this one!!!! They think people are idiots!

— GuessWho🇺🇸 (@jbschneider63) October 9, 2020

Moderator Steve Scully Thinks He’s Direct Messaging Trump Critic for Advice — Public Tweet Goes Viral and Scully DELETES

Are you kidding me. Steve Scully the former Biden intern and moderator of the next debate thinks he’s DMing… but he’s doing it out loud.

Yea, totally not a setup. Journalism is dead. https://t.co/b07swOAkKg

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 9, 2020

Pretty weird TBQH pic.twitter.com/dVDS4pEENf

— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) October 9, 2020

This is not going to help the idea that Scully is *in any way* an objective and unbiased journalist and moderator https://t.co/abXNX8GjbH

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 9, 2020

Steve Scully Nukes His Account

His account is back online. He likely nuked his account so he could delete other tweets in his account that shows bias. Once those were deleted, he reactivated his account.

Steve Scully just nuked his acct.

Cc @kilmeade https://t.co/0k06ToPsXF

— Stephanie (@real_Stephanie) October 9, 2020

Steve Scully Never Trumper

https://twitter.com/SteveScully/status/710943428314419201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E710943428314419201%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthepostmillennial.com%2Ftrump-hating-pundit-chosen-as-next-debate-moderator

Steve Scully Biden Intern

Don’t forget to change before the debate, fellas! https://t.co/gsJagppyW1

— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) October 1, 2020

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Steve Scully’s tweets were archived, so you can see here.