Staff Reports
Mark Cuban, the billionaire entrepreneur and co-owner of the Dallas Mavericks, has been busy erasing evidence of his ill-fated support for Kamala Harris. Following the disastrous presidential election, where not just Harris but also her running mate Tim Walz suffered a resounding defeat, Cuban seems to realize that his credibility has taken a serious hit. Once a boisterous supporter of Team Harris, he is now left to scrub his Twitter account cleaner than a whistle to distance himself from his past proclamations.
The iconic social media watchdog, Libs of TikTok, has unearthed Cuban’s attempt to clean his slate. One has to wonder what prompts a public figure to delete their past tweets at such a precarious time. Is it a mere embarrassment for having supported one of the most roundly criticized candidates in recent memory? Or is a deeper sense of humiliation at play here as he reflects on how woeful his judgment has proven to be? His justification for routinely deleting tweets appears flimsy at best and downright suspicious at worst.
Mark Cuban has removed evidence of his support for Kamala Harris from X: "I've always gone back and deleted tweets"
Of course you do Mark…#markcuban #KamalaDumpsterFire #Lies pic.twitter.com/o8N66hFtwo
— Nico Lagan (@RealNicoLagan) November 11, 2024
Cuban’s rationalization for his digital spring cleaning raises several eyebrows. In an age of unlimited cloud storage, one can’t help but ask why he feels the need to go all Marie Kondo on his Twitter account. It’s not like his comments clutter the digital landscape; they’re supposed to be part of a continuing timeline, not a relic of MySpace days. Aside from Cuban’s frustration with the permanence of social media, it seems his real concern is over nostalgia for his missteps, longing for people to overlook the outrageous support he gave to a candidate who fell flat on her face.
Many users have genuinely questioned his motives, with Cuban’s explanations amounting to little more than an admission of his own uncertainty and disillusionment. If even he isn’t sure he stands behind his previous statements, why should anyone else? The election's aftermath has clearly rattled his confidence and is a glaring reminder of his misjudgments during these high-stakes months. However, this is partly the price of unbridled ambition in politics.
In a move that could only be described as bizarre given the timing, Cuban’s post-election actions raise more questions than answers. Scrubbing his social media right after the electoral results makes him appear even more desperate to distance himself from past mistakes. Instead of reflecting a principled stance, his behavior smacks of sheer panic. His comments about offering help to Trump in the future seem less like a genuine olive branch and more like a convoluted damage control strategy. Cubans may dream of a revived reputation, but the reality is that they can run, and they can’t hide from their past blunders.
