Twitter might encourage hot-take clicks when someone important dies. On Saturday afternoon, Politico cybersecurity reporter Eric Geller couldn’t help but trash recently deceased Pope Benedict XVI with this (linking to the New York Times obit): “Homophobic pedophile protector and Hitler Youth alumnus dead at 95.”

After he received a rash of harsh replies (and perhaps some notes from angry Politico editors), the tweet was deleted. DeSantis press aide Jeremy Redfern saved it:

Why’d you delete this, @ericgeller?

Is this the usual objectivity of a @politico journo? How much longer until you lock down your account? pic.twitter.com/m0eLrYqorG

— Jeremy Redfern (@JeremyRedfernFL) December 31, 2022