The Twitter account of Black Lives Matter activist and former Baltimore mayoral candidate DeRay Mckesson was hacked Friday morning, sending out a series of uncharacteristically Mckesson tweets, including an endorsement for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
"I endorse @realDonaldTrump for president. #MAGA " with a fist emoji was tweeted around 10:30 a.m. with a smug picture of Trump.
His next tweet, "I'm not actually black," was followed by references to other Twitter users including Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro, who has referred to Mckesson as a "race baiter" in the past, and Robert Zimmerman, the brother of George Zimmerman who shot and killed Trayvon Martin in 2012.
"What up my brother @rzimmermanjr," the tweet stated, followed by the fist emoji.
Mckesson confirmed that he was hacked on a call with a reporter for The Baltimore Sun, and that he was on the phone with Verizon, and had yet to release a public statement.
The original tweets have since been deleted from Mckesson's account.
“At 10:31 am, someone called @verizon impersonating me and successfully changed my SIM & unsuccessfully attempted to change my phone number,” McKesson tweeted. “By calling @verizon and successfully changing my phone's SIM, the hacker bypassed two-factor verification which I have on all accounts.”
"No, I do not endorse Trump as the next President. He cannot be the President of the United States. He is racist & a bigot, unfit to lead," McKesson tweeted.
*This story will be updated.