• uranibaba@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Pete Souze disabled his account because of comments by the MAGA crowd.

    https://petapixel.com/2024/07/29/photographer-pete-souza-deletes-x-account-after-controversial-trump-post/

    “I re-posted a screenshot of New York Times photographer Doug Mills’ Twitter post of the same situation of Trump boarding his plane, which included the date and time of his photo. Doug is one of Trump’s favorite photographers and Trump has publicly called him ‘my genius photographer.’ So I thought the maga world would at least believe Doug Mills.”

    “They didn’t. The comments turned ugly. Mostly about me, but also some that disparaged Doug Mills,” Souza continues.

    “So I de-activated my Twitter account. It was a gut decision, made only by me. I am still not sure if this is a temporary or a permanent action,” Souza continues.