I don't believe that would work, because links to the original tweet will still be broken, allowing people to say "X deleted their tweet" without saying that they reposted and said they were wrong.
Can't really do much for the people that are not interested in finding out the truth so not much point in trying to address their concerns. The people that care about finding out will dig through the timeline and figure it out, especially if they consider the account to be trustworthy.
Motivated actors loooooove this form of lying.