They lost their verification checkmark because they changed their profile picture - I can't believe this is the abysmal level of competence in news reporting and UAW official. Utter embarrassment!
https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/about-twit...
and you imply other people are unreasonable?
But also just quietly hiding the checkmark when you change the picture is not proper user experience. Like... warn the user, at least. Show a note below the profile "your badge is temporarily hidden until we verify the profile photo you updated" or something.
> Your blue checkmark will be hidden for a period of time after you edit your display name or profile photo until it is reviewed.