GOP Attorney General Candidate Deletes Old Tweets Criticizing Trump, Report Says

Former Rep. Adam Jarchow (R-Balsam Lake), now a candidate for Attorney General, has reportedly deleted tweets critical of former President Donald Trump and is also deleting all of his tweets older than a month. (Screenshot via Twitter)

By Pat Kreitlow

February 8, 2022

Former state Rep. Adam Jarchow is a prolific tweeter and Trump critic, but you’d never know from his account now.

Running for office but nervous that a truckload of past tweets might cause heartburn for voters?

There’s an app for that. Kind of.

A report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel outlines the many Twitter posts that have been deleted by former state Rep. Adam Jarchow (R-Balsam Lake), a candidate for state attorney general. An outspoken social media user, Jarchow has reportedly deleted many of his older tweets—many critical of former President Donald Trump and his untrue claims about the 2020 election—and has installed an app that deletes new tweets after 30 days.

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In a statement, Jarchow told the Journal Sentinel reporter his old tweets and quotes “have been reviewed and reported on at length.”

As a result of that past reviewing and reporting—including a fresh batch of screenshots of his old tweets—Jarchow’s use of the TweetDelete app only goes so far in addressing a truism of the social media era.

The internet is forever.

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Pat Kreitlow

The Founding Editor of UpNorthNews, Pat was a familiar presence on radio and TV stations in western Wisconsin before serving in the state Legislature. After a brief stint living in the Caribbean, Pat and wife returned to Chippewa Falls to be closer to their growing group of grandchildren. He now serves as UNN's chief political correspondent and host of UpNorthNews Radio, airing weekday mornings 6 a.m.-8 a.m on the Civic Media radio network and the UpNorthNews Facebook page.

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