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Elon Musk now owns Twitter
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The night after Musk takeover, a congressional Twitter shake-up: Republicans gain followers, Democrats lose them
As word spread of Elon Musk’s $44 billion deal to take over Twitter, prominent Republican lawmakers gained thousands of followers overnight, while some key Democrats lost thousands. Nearly three-quarters – 72% – of the Republican accounts gained Twitter followers in the 24-hour span from Monday midmorning to Tuesday morning, according to a USA TODAY analysis of the Twitter followings of the official congressional accounts for 529 members of the House and Senate. The biggest winners among GOP lawmakers were Jim Jordan, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Matt Gaetz, Kevin McCarthy, Marsha Blackburn and Lauren Boebert. Almost all Democratic lawmakers – 268 of 270 accounts – lost followers. The biggest losers were Nancy Pelosi, Elizabeth Warren, Adam Schiff, Chuck Schumer and Maxine Waters, as well as independent Bernie Sanders. Twitter told USA TODAY the fluctuations in follower counts were caused by new accounts being created and existing accounts being deactivated. The result shows a sharp shift in sentiment and an ideological divide over Musk buying Twitter. "While we continue to take action on accounts that violate our spam policy which can affect follower counts, these fluctuations appear to largely have been a result of an increase in new account creation and deactivation," Twitter said in an emailed statement... Run, bots, run!! |
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