Hillary Clinton caught buying Twitter followers
Twitter page “Faith and Value Voters for Hillary Clinton 2016″ — the verified @Faith4Hillary account — was caught last week after having allegedly purchased 12,000 fake followers, roughly 42 percent of its total following.
The news was reported by Townhall Sunday and has also been verified by a number of websites that can determine the amount of fake, inactive and good followers of any social media user.
Clinton’s faith-based Twitter handle obtained 42 percent of her followers through “inorganic, fraudulent or dishonest means,” according to Twitter Audit. StatusPeople calculated that a mere 18 percent of followers were healthy, genuine followers.
As of Friday, Clinton’s page stood at 42,000 followers, with an alleged 12,000 fakes.
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By Sunday evening, she was coincidentally missing 12,000 followers. PR move? We would imagine so.
In the day since the story broke, Clinton has gained 3,000 new followers, possibly from the publicity.
The crisis might have thrown Clinton’s faith and values website into a frenzy because the website is currently down for maintenance purposes as of Monday evening.
Twitter page “Faith and Value Voters for Hillary Clinton 2016″ — the verified @Faith4Hillary account — was caught last week after having allegedly purchased 12,000 fake followers, roughly 42 percent of its total following.
The news was reported by Townhall Sunday and has also been verified by a number of websites that can determine the amount of fake, inactive and good followers of any social media user.
Clinton’s faith-based Twitter handle obtained 42 percent of her followers through “inorganic, fraudulent or dishonest means,” according to Twitter Audit. StatusPeople calculated that a mere 18 percent of followers were healthy, genuine followers.
As of Friday, Clinton’s page stood at 42,000 followers, with an alleged 12,000 fakes.
Townhall.comBy Sunday evening, she was coincidentally missing 12,000 followers. PR move? We would imagine so.
In the day since the story broke, Clinton has gained 3,000 new followers, possibly from the publicity.
The crisis might have thrown Clinton’s faith and values website into a frenzy because the website is currently down for maintenance purposes as of Monday evening.
Um, and you know personally that she is responsible for this account? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa OMFG.
Blame the website all you want, and I'm right there with you. Blaming her personally is nuts, and it's why she will unfortunately glide to victory in 2016. These kind of irrational attacks on her, like blaming her for Benghazi. There are enough things to actually attack her on, and blame her for in her career, without resorting to craziness like this.
Gotta love it.
The Guesser is on record saying how much he despises The Hildabeast, but in the end we know he will vote for her justifying his manifest hypocrisy as the GOP alternative being wayyyyy too radical and therefore unacceptable!
This is how these left wing partisan clowns always justify supporting their party scumholes without ever actually coming right out and saying it directly.
Pathetic! :>(
The Guesser is on record saying how much he despises The Hildabeast, but in the end we know he will vote for her justifying his manifest hypocrisy as the GOP alternative being wayyyyy too radical and therefore unacceptable!
This is how these left wing partisan clowns always justify supporting their party scumholes without ever actually coming right out and saying it directly.
Pathetic! :>(
There's only one thing that can keep her out of the WH, IMO, if she runs, a viable Republican candidate. It ain't the vitriol that you and others use against her. It's focusing on her war mongering attitude and her crazy support for the Iraq war. It's what allowed Obama to beat her, and it can still be used against her, if Rand Paul gets in and uses it. He's the only one who can, but that's assuming the Republican base can turn away from it's own eagerness to always go to war.
Vance McAllister on video showing kiss with staffer: 'I've fallen short and I'm asking for forgiveness'
Vance McAllister
A video leaked to The Ouachita Citizen reportedly shows U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister kissing a congressional staffer. (The Ouachita Citizen)
Lauren McGaughy, NOLA.com | The Times Picayune By Lauren McGaughy, NOLA.com | The Times Picayune
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on April 07, 2014 at 3:04 PM, updated April 08, 2014 at 2:38 PM
Just four months on the job, U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister, R-Swartz, has landed himself in hot water after a video surfaced Monday purportedly showing Louisiana's newest congressman kissing a married staffer.
The Ouachita Citizen first reported on the video, which the outlet said shows McAllister and his district scheduler Melissa Anne Hixon Peacock, 33, locked in an embrace. The video is dated Dec. 23, just a little more than a month after McAllister was elected to Louisiana's 5th Congressional District and was sent to the Citizen by an anonymous source, according to the newspaper's report.
On Monday afternoon, the freshman representative issued a statement asking for forgiveness.
"There's no doubt I've fallen short and I'm asking for forgiveness. I'm asking for forgiveness from God, my wife, my kids, my staff, and my constituents who elected me to serve."
"Trust is something I know has to be earned whether you're a husband, a father, or a congressman. I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I've disappointed."
"From day one, I've always tried to be an honest man. I ran for Congress to make a difference and not to just be another politician. I don't want to make a political statement on this. I would just simply like to say that I'm very sorry for what I've done."
"While I realize I serve the public, I would appreciate the privacy given to my children as we get through this."
McAllister ran on a strong family values platform in the November special election that won him the seat of outgoing U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman. His victory over state Sen. Neil Riser, R-Columbia, was a surprise for many, as the latter was endorsed by many in the national and state Republican parties.
Riser was reluctant to comment on the video late Monday, saying only, "Right now, we need to be mindful and sensitive to the families that are involved."
Since his inauguration, McAllister has garnered media attention for his close relationship with the Robertson family of Duck Dynasty fame and for telling The Shreveport Times he thought his new Washington gig "sucks."
According to The Ouachita Citizen, McAllister has long had ties to Peacock and her family. Both Peacock and her husband contributed to McAllister's campaign, and the congressman worked and attended the same high school as Peacock's husband.
McAllister missed two House votes Monday night.
Staff writer Bruce Alpert contributed to this report.
Vance McAllister
A video leaked to The Ouachita Citizen reportedly shows U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister kissing a congressional staffer. (The Ouachita Citizen)
Lauren McGaughy, NOLA.com | The Times Picayune By Lauren McGaughy, NOLA.com | The Times Picayune
Email the author | Follow on Twitter
on April 07, 2014 at 3:04 PM, updated April 08, 2014 at 2:38 PM
Just four months on the job, U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister, R-Swartz, has landed himself in hot water after a video surfaced Monday purportedly showing Louisiana's newest congressman kissing a married staffer.
The Ouachita Citizen first reported on the video, which the outlet said shows McAllister and his district scheduler Melissa Anne Hixon Peacock, 33, locked in an embrace. The video is dated Dec. 23, just a little more than a month after McAllister was elected to Louisiana's 5th Congressional District and was sent to the Citizen by an anonymous source, according to the newspaper's report.
On Monday afternoon, the freshman representative issued a statement asking for forgiveness.
"There's no doubt I've fallen short and I'm asking for forgiveness. I'm asking for forgiveness from God, my wife, my kids, my staff, and my constituents who elected me to serve."
"Trust is something I know has to be earned whether you're a husband, a father, or a congressman. I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I've disappointed."
"From day one, I've always tried to be an honest man. I ran for Congress to make a difference and not to just be another politician. I don't want to make a political statement on this. I would just simply like to say that I'm very sorry for what I've done."
"While I realize I serve the public, I would appreciate the privacy given to my children as we get through this."
McAllister ran on a strong family values platform in the November special election that won him the seat of outgoing U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman. His victory over state Sen. Neil Riser, R-Columbia, was a surprise for many, as the latter was endorsed by many in the national and state Republican parties.
Riser was reluctant to comment on the video late Monday, saying only, "Right now, we need to be mindful and sensitive to the families that are involved."
Since his inauguration, McAllister has garnered media attention for his close relationship with the Robertson family of Duck Dynasty fame and for telling The Shreveport Times he thought his new Washington gig "sucks."
According to The Ouachita Citizen, McAllister has long had ties to Peacock and her family. Both Peacock and her husband contributed to McAllister's campaign, and the congressman worked and attended the same high school as Peacock's husband.
McAllister missed two House votes Monday night.
Staff writer Bruce Alpert contributed to this report.
[h=1]Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. transferred after prison dispute[/h] By MICHAEL SNEED AND LYNN SWEET Staff Reporters April 5, 2014 4:32PM
Jesse Jackson Jr. (pictured in 2011) | Charles Dharapak~AP
Updated: April 6, 2014 6:31PM
Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been moved from a federal prison in North Carolina to a minimum-security prison camp in Montgomery, Ala., after clashing with prison officials and being placed in solitary confinement, a source told the Chicago Sun-Times.
The 49-year-old former Chicago congressman had been advising other inmates in North Carolina about their rights in prison, according to the source, who said a guard took exception to that.
Updated: April 6, 2014 6:31PM
Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been moved from a federal prison in North Carolina to a minimum-security prison camp in Montgomery, Ala., after clashing with prison officials and being placed in solitary confinement, a source told the Chicago Sun-Times.
The 49-year-old former Chicago congressman had been advising other inmates in North Carolina about their rights in prison, according to the source, who said a guard took exception to that.
