US ELECTION 2024
Skip Bayless' social media hacked by Trump supporter - what did they say?
On the day of the U.S. presidential election, sports commentator Skip Bayless had his X account hacked by a Donald Trump supporter.
As the Americans went to their polling places to cast their vote in the presidential election on Tuesday, some people continued to post their political agendas on social media. Most people did so from their own personal accounts, but not everyone.
One Donald Trump supporter hacked into former ESPN and Fox Sports analyst Skip Bayless' X account just after 5 p.m. ET.
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What did the Trump supporter‘s posts to Bayless’ X account say?
Bayless, who has 3.2 million followers on X, suddenly started posting erratic messages in support of Trump and crypto currency. Here are what a few of them looked like...
“President Election is LIVE. my vote goes to TRUMP MAGA 2024 !!”
“Speaking of MAGA , I have been into crypto recently and I couldn’t think of a better president than Donald Trump to support the economy and the crypto world.”
These posts, which very quickly went viral, came just days after Bayless admitted he was still undecided on who to vote for.
“Just for the record, I am neither Democrat nor Republican,“ Bayless said on his podcast. “I did not vote for Donald Trump either of the first two times. But I must admit - I‘m having a hard time convincing myself that Kamala Harris will make the kind of president this country deserves.’
Amongst the barrage of posts on Bayless’ X account were several against Lakers star LeBron James, who is a supporter of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
Another post read, “‘F*** KAMALA.” And another: “Let’s do this come on cant [sic] let lebron win”.
The posts were deleted at around 5:45 p.m. ET, but the hacker still had control of the account, continuing to post messages, including some making fun of Bayless for not being able to figure out how to get his account back.