The Twitter account of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper responded with insults on Wednesday after President Donald Trump tweeted about having lacked faith in Roy Moore's chance of winning Alabama's Senate special election.
After Democrat Doug Jones was announced the winning in Alabama's election on Tuesday, Trump tweeted about why he didn't originally endorse Moore, and why it was the right decision. He said he originally endorsed Moore's Republican primary opponent Luther Strange, who had been appointed to temporarily fill the seat left vacant by Jeff Sessions, because he thought Moore would be unable to win a general election.
The reason I originally endorsed Luther Strange (and his numbers went up mightily), is that I said Roy Moore will not be able to win the General Election. I was right! Roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2017
Thirty minutes later, a tweet from Cooper's account called Trump a "pathetic loser."
https://twitter.com/andersoncooper/status/940913050005237762
CNN and Cooper responded to say the account was hacked. The network said it was working to secure the account.
This morning someone gained access to the handle @andersoncooper and replied to POTUS. We're working with Twitter to secure the account.
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) December 13, 2017
Cooper said in his own Tweet that he had "not sent a tweet in days or replied to any tweets."
just woke up to find out someone gained access to my twitter account. i have not sent a tweet in days or replied to any tweets. We are looking into how this happened.
— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) December 13, 2017
Earlier in 2017, Anderson Cooper told Stephen Colbert he had "muted" Trump on Twitter.
