How do you embed a tweet in a post?

[jekelish]

I've tried and it just won't work. I try the "code" button, I try to just insert the embed directly, etc...but nothing works. People do it all the time but I just can't figure out how they manage to get it to post.

(FYI: the below is what I'm trying to embed on the basketball board)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Ya motha is still aHoya !!!</p>&mdash; Jerome Smith (@RomeSmith45) <a href="https://twitter.com/RomeSmith45/status/312625427556474880">March 15, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[690West]

Yeah, I just tried it too and it didn't work. not sure how to