A day after his unhinged battle with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, Newsweek reporter Kurt Eichenwald went on a short-lived, self-imposed hiatus from Twitter.
Hours after his Thursday clash with Carlson, Eichenwald, who already appeared unstable following the interview, launched into a rambling tweetstorm full of Donald Trump hatred.
He later deleted the majority of the tweets but Trump supporters had already started firing back on the angry reporter.
One Twitter user, in particular, launched an attack that caused Eichenwald to send himself into a brief social media exile.
A person using the Twitter handle @jew_goldstein sent Eichenwald a tweet with flashing lights that said its intent was to cause a seizure.
According to someone claiming to be Eichenwald’s wife, the tweet was successful and the reporter did suffer a seizure.
@jew_goldstein This is his wife, you caused a seizure. I have your information and have called the police to report the assault.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 16, 2016
The next day he returned to Twitter … to say he was going away.
For self-protection, I am taking a short twitter break. I will be spending that time with my lawyers & law enforcement going after 1 of u…
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 16, 2016
Last night, for the second time, a deplorable aware I have epilepsy tweeted a strobe at me with the message “you deserve a seizure’ on it…
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 16, 2016
…it worked. This is not going to happen again. My wife is terrified. I am…disgusted. All I will be tweeting for the next few days are…
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 16, 2016
…copies of documents from the litigation, police reports etc. Once we have the lawsuit filed, we will be subpoenaing Twitter for the…
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 16, 2016
…identity of the individual who engaged in this cross-state assault. At this point, the police are attempting to determine if this is…
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 16, 2016
…a federal crime because it appears to be cross state. This kind of assault will never happen again without huge consequences. This…
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 16, 2016
…individual will be going to court, and he will be paying a price. And if any of you others ever try this again, I will make sure it…
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 16, 2016
…happens to you. Online anonymity does not protect criminals. Thats why subpoenas exist. You are facing a criminal investigation and a…
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 16, 2016
…lawsuit. So if any of you others think about trying this “cute” prank, consider the consequences. They will be severe.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 16, 2016
Again, I will not be seeing your comments or tweeting for awhile except to upload copies of litigation and police documents.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 16, 2016
Otherwise, I’ll be back once it is clear from the paperwork i will be tweeting that this is not a joke. See you soon.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 16, 2016
That hiatus lasted about another day.
On Saturday he tweeted that he was back and heading to friendlier territory on MSNBC’s “AM Joy” program.
Deplorables won’t stop me. I’ll be on @amjoyshow in 45 minutes. See you then.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 17, 2016
Eichenwald is back on Twitter, but the day is still young.
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