LOS ANGELES โ C-SPAN said Friday that its political editor Steve Scully, set to moderate the now-scrapped second presidential debate, didnโt initiate a questionable Twitter exchange with Anthony Scaramucci and that Scully's account apparently was hacked.
The tweet, which appeared Thursday on Scullyโs Twitter account, read: โ@Scaramucci should I respond to trump,โ according to a screenshot of the since-deleted tweet.
Scaramucci, who became a Trump detractor after serving briefly as his communications director, reportedly replied in part to Scully's twitter account, โIgnore.
โSteve Scully did not originate the tweet and believes his account has been hacked,โ C-SPAN said in a statement Friday.
The commission announced Friday afternoon that the second debate had been canceled, and it was focusing on an Oct. 22 debate scheduled to be held in Nashville, Tennessee.