Mayor jabs critic in Twitter tiff

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo got into a Twitter tiff with a critic over attacks on Donald Trump supporters after a campaign rally at the city convention center last summer that’s been the subject of an ongoing lawsuit. San Jose resident Ryan McGovern asked Liccardo on Twitter:

“Do you 100 percent deny having anything to do with the @ SanJosePD leading Trump fans into an angry mob?”

McGovern kept prodding: “Tweet’s been up for a while, still no denial of this from the Mayor, just boilerplate stuff about control/police. Very telling.”

Liccardo then replied with a jab, noting that he has since been dropped as a defendant from the negligence lawsuit against the city: “i don’t waste time responding to ‘alternative facts’ — court dismissed the suit vs Mayor for a reason.”

McGovern continued pushing for a reply. “You did not answer the question, Mayor,” he tweeted. Then another: “This tweet has 300 views right now. 300 folks reading Mayor’s response saying he “doesn’t respond” but not answering a very easy question.”

The Twitter exchange ended when, according to McGovern, Liccardo’s account blocked him.