Political Twitter Wars

Twitter has played a significant role in the government shutdown dramas.  Both politicians and citizens are making their opinions and positions known via Twitter.  This has gone on as long as I've been on Twitter (since 2009) - not the politician part, the citizen part.  Politicians were slow to get on board, but once they did, they became part of the cacaphony of twitter politics.  The primary hashtags to follow for each side are: #tcot (top conservatives on twitter) and #p2 (progressives).

Today on Twitter: a message to the Tea Party from the POTUS:

Perhaps not surprisingly, #tcot is trending since this posted.




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