MSNBC Host, Others Fall For Hoax Involving Trump Tweet

Monday night's presidential debate spurred a deleting party on Twitter.

During the debate, a doctored image appeared on the social media network that showed Donald Trump's campaign team had deleted a 2012 tweet about his view on global warming. Several reporters fell for the hoax, including MSNBC host Chris Hayes, Mediaite reported.

When he later realized his mistake, however, Hayes deleted his own tweet that falsely criticized the Trump camp.

The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2012

Hayes' tweet read: "Trump team deleting all those climate change tweets in real time is just too too perfect."

Others chimed in too, although it appears they did not realize the whole thing was a hoax.

When Trump lied about saying China started climate change boat, why did his campaign delete the tweet saying that? They think we're stupid?

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 27, 2016

The climate change/China Tweet WAS deleted. Were other not? Happy to admit when I'm wrong. https://t.co/KyGJVWeNHE

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) September 27, 2016

Trump social media team deleted the tweet. The Internet never forgets you morons. pic.twitter.com/hXy10P5Asb

— Redeye (@PaulChaloner) September 27, 2016

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