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Rauner deletes his account

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* Not sure what the standard procedure is these days…


Ex-@GovRauner's political @BruceRauner Twitter account seems to have been deleted. #twill

— David Ormsby (@DavidOrmsby) January 17, 2019


You get a “Sorry, that page doesn’t exist” message when you try to visit the page.

Deleting it is probably for the better. Lots of negativity emanated from that account, so Twitter’s karmic quotient just improved. /s

…Adding… Same with FB…


It looks like the campaign Facebook page has been deleted as well https://t.co/bu7jLM08Ku #twill https://t.co/rMr4U62yau

— Illinois Working Together (@IllinoisWorking) January 17, 2019


posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 5:17 pm

Comments

  1. Is it recorded somewhere? Wouldn’t that record be subject to FOIA? It’s public record right? You can’t delete or shred staff memos?

    Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 5:22 pm

  2. ===It’s public record right? ===

    It’s a campaign account. Try reading.

    Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 5:23 pm

  3. Shutting things down is what he always did best

    Comment by Michelle Flaherty Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 5:26 pm

  4. As long as Radical Candor stays on the web, the Rauner era will not be forgotten.

    Comment by Keyrock Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 5:26 pm

  5. He gone…

    … he… gone.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 5:28 pm

  6. Now, can we get the Men in Black to use the flashy thingy to rid us of all memories of Rauner.

    Comment by Norseman Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 5:35 pm

  7. Everyone should delete their account tbh…

    Comment by curtis Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 5:36 pm

  8. If only it were as easy to erase the real pain he inflicted upon the most vulnerable in our society.

    Comment by Al Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 5:38 pm

  9. Instagram and YouTube are still up. For now

    Comment by ste_wit a v_en Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 5:44 pm

  10. Maybe it still exists… he just …blocked the world…

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 5:49 pm

  11. I doubt we’ll see or hear much from him in the future. He got beat like a rented mule, and I doubt his ego wants too much reminding of that.

    Plus, he burned just about every bridge with his own peeps. Unless he starts writing checks again in a big way, who’s going to seek him out?

    Comment by wordslinger Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 6:11 pm

  12. @Willy - I think we both agree that this is a good move - He is gone.

    Yet the destruction he was totally responsible for causing in this state remains and we now have to pick up the pieces and make things better.

    Comment by illini Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 6:12 pm

  13. - illini -

    Lots of work to do. Excited for the “Four Tops” and Pritzker to do some heavy lifts…

    … as Rauner deletes himself… on twitter.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 6:15 pm

  14. He didn’t care what we had to say when he was Governor, he cares less now. Glad that we don’t have to endure his trolling in the future.

    Comment by Retired Educator Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 6:20 pm

  15. Good. I hope I never hear his name again.

    Comment by Brendan Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 6:23 pm

  16. He actually restored my faith in the Illinois electorate. I felt like he was getting away with his Harley-riding, “every man” shtick for the first year or two. I am very proud of the voters of Illinois who saw through his charade. I realize not everyone is interested enough in the minute details of politics to spend time on an excellent blog such as this, and I was worried that his money would allow him to dupe the masses. Grateful for a large percentage of Illinois voters figuring out he was a phony.

    Comment by Ole' Nelson Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 6:30 pm

  17. ….and nothing of value was lost…. heard he stopped by Obed’s one last time, and, out of sheer habit, vetoed everything on the menu.

    Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 6:44 pm

  18. Deleting the accounts means nothing. The internet is eternal. The pages are stored somewhere in the cloud, screen shots, retweets, Google archives, etc. With enough digging, the accounts are recoverable.

    Comment by Huh? Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 6:46 pm

  19. Rauner Resonates.

    He won’t be forgotten.

    He didn’t go to prison — yet — but that’s the only positive. The Quincy debacle is still an open question.

    Comment by Bobby T Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 6:49 pm

  20. Friend saw him in O’Hare tonight heading down an escalator in Terminal 3. Maybe off to Italy.

    Comment by Token Conservative Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 7:06 pm

  21. He banned himself.

    Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 7:07 pm

  22. Good riddance. But this might be a good time to remember what kind of shape the state was in before he showed up. That is, very bad.

    Comment by Excessively Rabid Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 7:14 pm

  23. Meh.

    Rauner will rebrand himself…

    Like “New Coke”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 7:15 pm

  24. Buh . Bye.

    Comment by JS Mill Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 7:33 pm

  25. “I doubt we’ll see or hear much from him in the future. ”

    - With respect, I don’t think we’ve heard the last of his money.

    Comment by McLincoln Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 8:21 pm

  26. He essentially tried to do the same thing to his campaign in June/July.

    Comment by Pekin Pete Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 8:36 pm

  27. If we could only delete his governorship.

    Comment by Generic Drone Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 8:43 pm

  28. Instead of complaining that he left, let’s just be happy that he did.

    Comment by Just Me 2 Thursday, Jan 17, 19 @ 11:36 pm

  29. Who?

    Comment by PublicServant Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 4:56 am

  30. Disposable legacy

    Comment by Rabid Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 7:18 am

  31. As long as GovJunk still letting the GOPies and the CarWashKing use his cash we will be remember the nightmare that was.

    Terminal 3? Where is he “flying” Des Moines? 2020 on his mind? TTFN

    Comment by Annonin' Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 7:48 am

  32. “Rauner deletes his account”

    Unwanted, unloved and unmourned.

    – MrJM

    Comment by @misterjayem Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 8:10 am

  33. Why is this news? Who cares if the campaign deleted the account? Probably changed the phone number on his business cards, too… He’s not an elected official anymore - doesn’t feel the need to use that venue of social media anymore.

    Comment by StormsWx Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 8:13 am

  34. –Why is this news? Who cares if the campaign deleted the account?–

    In the time it took you to post that, a number of clouds passed over your house un-yelled at.

    Comment by wordslinger Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 8:27 am

  35. People have been telling him “delete your account” for years, and when he finally takes their advice they complain. Poor guy can’t win, jeez. /s

    Comment by Ron Burgundy Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 8:43 am

  36. “In the time it took you to post that, a number of clouds passed over your house un-yelled at.”

    Someone just peered in my office to see what I was laughing about. This also seems like an appropriate reply to some of Schneider’s recent press releases.

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 8:58 am

  37. Thanks for playing Bruce!

    Comment by Stark Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 9:00 am

  38. He just said, “That is that” like the Cat in the hat, but he didn’t clean up his mess first.

    Comment by Neveranonymous Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 9:09 am

  39. BVR flying off to Anzac
    PQ tilting at windmills
    Blago awaiting Trump’s commutation
    The future is brighter then it has been in a long time and hopefully the ghosts of Xmas past will disappear once and for all

    Comment by Annon3 Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 9:27 am

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