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White House

White House deletes tweet after Twitter adds 'context' note

The original tweet touted a record increase in Social Security
benefits under President Joe Biden.

By Kelly Garrity

11/02/2022 12:56 PM EDT

Updated: 11/02/2022 02:42 PM EDT

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The White House deleted a Twitter post on Wednesday touting an
increase in Social Security benefits for seniors after the social
media platform added a "context" note pointing out that the increase
was tied to a 1972 law requiring automatic increases based on cost of
living changes.

"Seniors are getting the biggest increase in their Social Security
checks in 10 years through President Biden's leadership," read the
tweet, which was posted to the official White House account at 4:45
p.m. on Nov. 1. On Wednesday, the tweet no longer appeared on the
White House's feed.

The White House did not originally respond to a request for comment
on the "context" earlier Wednesday, but when POLITICO followed up
after the tweet was deleted, a White House official said "the point
was incomplete" in the deleted post. The official also directed
POLITICO to a longer statement from White House press secretary
Karine Jean-Pierre last month.

Jean-Pierre further elaborated on the deleted tweet during a press
briefing Wednesday, again pointing to the earlier statement from the
White House.

"Look, the tweet was not complete. Usually when we put out a tweet we
post it with context, and it did not have that context," Jean-Pierre
said. "So in the past we've pointed out that for the first time in
over a decade seniors' Medicare premiums will decrease even as their
Social Security checks increase. That's a little bit of context that
was not included."

The context annotation, which was visible Wednesday morning, noted
that the record increase the tweet referred to was tied to inflation,
which reached its highest point in 40 years in June.

"Seniors will receive a large Social Security benefit increase due to
the annual cost of living adjustment, which is based on the inflation
rate," the annotation said, linking to a history of the law on the
official Social Security Administration website.

According to a description under the annotation, "Context is written
by people who use Twitter, and appears when rated helpful by others."

Myah Ward contributed to this report.

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  * Twitter,
  * Social Security,
  * Joe Biden,
  * Joe Biden 2020

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