Chuck Todd Tweets Out Just Trump’s Name to Make a Point

NBC’s Chuck Todd threw off a lot of people on Twitter with these two tweets earlier today:

Donald

— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) December 6, 2016

Trump

— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) December 6, 2016

Lots of people had questions:

Finally, @chucktodd has joined the rest of us on Dadaist Twitter. pic.twitter.com/uGJhDmCJME

— Benjamin Freed (@brfreed) December 6, 2016

You alright @chucktodd? pic.twitter.com/VxlLrKmW5v

— Steve Koczela (@skoczela) December 6, 2016

Is it all just hitting @chucktodd now? Is he gathering his thoughts for the next few years? pic.twitter.com/lSv6rWkp5L

— Elizabeth Picciuto (@epicciuto) December 6, 2016

Eagerly awaiting the rest of this from @chucktodd pic.twitter.com/uf2mG2NOJC

— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) December 6, 2016

Well, it turns out Todd was conducting a Twitter experiment:

Point of my last two tweets was to prove how folks on social media just jump to conclusions without really caring about the content

— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) December 6, 2016

Amusing to read the angry tweets about my experiment.

— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) December 6, 2016

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