@JerseyBills
I think I figured it out. When you copy the link you need to copy it from the address bar or from the button that says "copy link"... not from the share button. When you copy from the share button and paste it, it automatically inserts it as a hyper link.
And when you paste a hyper link it will not embed the tweet itself.
What you want to have happen is the tweet address paste as a plain text without displaying itself as a link. That way, whe you hit enter, it embeds and displays the tweet instead of remaining as a hyper link...