‘Pierre Delecto’ Sets Twitter To ‘Private’ But Not Before We Found The Deleted Tweets

WASHINGTON, DC. (THECOUNT) — So who is Pierre Delecto? Many say it is a pseudonym used by Mitt Romney on Twitter.

After getting outed, Mitt, aka, Pierre Delecto, set his alterego Twitter account to private, but not before lots of his likes and retweets were posted to Twitter Monday morning.

According to BizpacReview:

Swiping at his tablet, he recited some of the accounts he follows, including journalists, late-night comedians (“What’s his name, the big redhead from Boston?”), and athletes. Trump was not among them. “He tweets so much,” Romney said, comparing the president to one of his nieces who overshares on Instagram.

Soon after the Atlantic piece was published, Slate contributor Ashley Feinberg uncovered the account after some digging around. With no profile image, the Twitter user @qaws9876 appeared to be Romney under the name “Pierre Delecto.”

According to Ashley Feinberg:

This account joined the site in July of 2011, just one month after Romney announced his run for president. The majority of people it follows are either political reporters, politicians, political operatives, or pundits. Though it also follows noted big redhead from Boston Conan O’Brien. Pierre Delecto appears to be a fan of the late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon, too, as well as current and former NFL players Tom Brady and Brett Favre, respectively.

Pierre Delecto currently follows 702 accounts, which is a few more than the 668 Romney admitted to Coppins, but it’s certainly possible to follow 30 additional accounts over the course of a few weeks, especially for a user that appears to have recently upped its Twitter activity.

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