"The president has taken something that does not belong to him - the memory of my dead wife - and perverted it for perceived political gain. My wife deserves better."

@karaswisher, quoting the man whose wife is at the center of Trump's latest ugly tirade https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/opinion/trump-scarborough-twitter.html?smid=tw-share

That comes from a plea by Timothy Klausutis to @jack, to take down Trump's tweets. His wife, Lori Klausutis, died in 2001.

Here's the full letter, via @karaswisher's excellent column.

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/6968-jack-dorsey-letter/ffaa205b1364518c15b3/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

"These conspiracy theorists, including most recently the President of the United States, continue to spread their bile and misinformation. ... The son of the president followed and more directly attacked my wife."

"If Twitter had any decency, if Twitter had any corporate conscience, it would just take this down automatically. It is not consistent with the values that Twitter supposedly embodies."

-- @JeffreyToobin

cc @jack

This is quite a rating for Trump's claim.

Via @rizzoTK, @GlennKesslerWP

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/12/trumps-vicious-claim-that-joe-scarborough-might-have-murdered-an-aide/

WSJ editorial page:

This “isn’t political hardball. It’s a smear.... Mr. Trump is debasing his office, and he’s hurting the country.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-presidential-smear-11590535397