--- title: Donald Trump Deleted Tweets Supporting Luther Strange description: President Trump has deleted his tweets voicing support for incumbent Sen. Luther Strange in Alabama's Republican run-off election canonical: https://time.com/4958625/donald-trump-deletes-tweets-luther-strange-roy-moore/ author: Suyin Haynes article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-27T04:23:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:36:47.325Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Deleted Tweets Supporting Luther Strange og:description: But the Internet has a very good memory og:url: https://time.com/4958625/donald-trump-deletes-tweets-luther-strange-roy-moore/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt778e9747f097f439/6988dee597cdff4ab26b28be/ap_17264642165278.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 170922_Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Deleted Tweets Supporting Luther Strange twitter:description: But the Internet has a very good memory twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt778e9747f097f439/6988dee597cdff4ab26b28be/ap_17264642165278.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Has Deleted His Tweets Supporting Luther Strange by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Sep 27, 2017 4:23 AM UTC  President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abeduring the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 21. President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abeduring the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 21.Evan Vucci—AP by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Sep 27, 2017 4:23 AM UTC President Trump has [deleted his tweets](https://projects.propublica.org/politwoops/user/POTUS) voicing support for incumbent Sen. Luther Strange in Alabama’s Republican run-off election, following Strange’s [loss to conservative firebrand Roy Moore.](http://time.com/4958583/roy-moore-luther-strange-alabama-senate-run-off-donald-trump/) As of late Wednesday evening, Trump appeared to have erased a trio of tweets urging voters in Alabama to “finish the job — vote today for ‘Big Luther,'” according to an [archive of deleted tweets](https://projects.propublica.org/politwoops/user/POTUS) kept by ProPublica. Moore’s victory signifies a win for the [right-wing of the Republican Party](http://time.com/4956726/roy-moore-luther-strange-alabama-primary/), with [the outspoken former judge](http://time.com/4953360/alabama-senate-race-roy-moore-quotes/) gaining backing from former [Trump chief strategist and Breitbart head Steve Bannon](http://time.com/4953574/luther-strange-roy-moore-alabama-debate/?iid=sr-link4). Last week, Trump travelled to Alabama to campaign for Strange and had been [vocal in his endorsement](http://time.com/4952636/donald-trump-alabama-senate-runoff-luther-strange-roy-moore/) for the incumbent senator. The special election in the red state is set for Dec. 12. Trump later tweeted the following congratulations to Roy Moore. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/912863676792786946) It is not the first time that Trump has deleted tweets from his account, having previously[ deleted a controversial image of Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4392186/donald-trump-star-of-david-backlash/) following backlash from critics. He also removed his infamous late-night “covfefe” tweet, prompting a Democratic congressman to [propose a bill](http://time.com/4815850/donald-trump-covfefe-tweet-mike-quigley/) that would require Trump’s social media feeds to be archived as presidential records. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4958625/donald-trump-deletes-tweets-luther-strange-roy-moore/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4958625/donald-trump-deletes-tweets-luther-strange-roy-moore/"},"headline":"President Trump Has Deleted His Tweets Supporting Luther Strange","datePublished":"2017-09-27T04:23:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:36:47.325Z","description":"But the Internet has a very good memory","url":"https://time.com/4958625/donald-trump-deletes-tweets-luther-strange-roy-moore/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Senate","alabama","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt778e9747f097f439/6988dee597cdff4ab26b28be/ap_17264642165278.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Suyin Haynes","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt778e9747f097f439/6988dee597cdff4ab26b28be/ap_17264642165278.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"170922_Donald Trump","caption":"Donald Trump","creditText":"Evan Vucci—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4958625/donald-trump-deletes-tweets-luther-strange-roy-moore/","name":"President Trump Has Deleted His Tweets Supporting Luther Strange"}}]}] ```