Giuliani Gets Mad At Twitter, Doesn’t Seem To Understand How It Works

President Donald Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani walks outside the White House before US President Donald Trump delivers remarks and participates in the White House Sports and Fitness Day on May 30, 2018 in Washington,... President Donald Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani walks outside the White House before US President Donald Trump delivers remarks and participates in the White House Sports and Fitness Day on May 30, 2018 in Washington,DC. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Rudy Giuliani is ticked off at Twitter.

President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer on Tuesday tweeted that the social media platform “allowed someone to invade my text with a disgusting anti-President message,” adding, “FAIRNESS PLEASE.”

Here’s what happened. Giuliani was referring to a previous tweet in which he made a typo when referring to the G-20 conference in Argentina. The G-20 reference inadvertently created a URL, which was promptly purchased and redirected to a site that says: “Donald J. Trump is a traitor to our country.”

The responses to Giuliani’s tweet were ruthless:

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  1. If Twitter worked the way Rutabaga thinks it should, we would have all been spared a gazillion messages from Agolf Twitler and his Evil Minions and Spawn.

  2. It’s difficult to figure out the twitter, what with all the tubes and wiffies…

  3. I guess freedom of speech is arbitrary.

  4. The internets is a series of tubes.

  5. Welcome to 2006, Rudy.

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