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So Much For The #NeverTrump Tweet-Gate
As the Denver Post’s John Frank reports, the once-high dudgeon legal attempt by the Colorado Republican Party to “discover” the identity of the person with access to the party’s official Twitter account who Tweeted this shortly after Ted Cruz swept the state’s GOP delegation…
…Ended with a whimper, on Election Day.
The identity of the person who sent the “Never Trump” tweet earlier this year from the Colorado Republican Party’s official Twitter account apparently will remain a mystery.
The Republican Party filed a motion on Election Day — hours before Donald Trump won the White House — to dismiss its lawsuit seeking monetary damages and the name of the person who allegedly hacked the @cologop Twitter account April 9.
The next day, a federal court clerk granted the dismissal — first acknowledged by the party this week in response to a question from The Denver Post — and ended a six-month legal battle about a four-word tweet that generated a national political firestorm and led to death threats against Colorado GOP Chairman Steve House…
The tweet — “We did it. #NeverTrump” — came two minutes after the party announced that Sen. Ted Cruz took all 34 of the state’s elected delegates to the Republican National Convention. The hashtag is one used by critics of Trump, including Republicans, who vowed to never support him.
- See more at: http://www.coloradopols.com/diary/90313/so-much-for-the-nevertrump-tweet-gate