It’s when one thing when your best friend from high school tweets, “17 followers away from 100. Follow me!” It’s another when a desperate politician with millions of followers does the same thing, especially after said politician recently voted for the controversial (and favorable for the rich) GOP tax plan.
On Monday, Senator John McCain (R-Arizona), or more likely the senator’s underpaid social media intern, tweeted, “We’re only 74 Twitter followers away from 3M – spread the word & help us reach this big milestone!” The appeal backfired spectacularly: McCain is now down to 2.97 million followers, and the tweet in question has unenviable The Ratio of 22,000 replies, 4,300 likes.
We're only 74 Twitter followers away from 3M – spread the word & help us reach this big milestone!
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) December 4, 2017
Twitter users were quick to point out why they dropped McCain. “I will be unfollowing you,” one wrote. “You went from a respectful senator to a man who betrayed a nation with your tax vote. DM me if you so desire. We have a common area of interest: I have bone marrow/blood cancer. Chances of my making 11/6/18 are minimal at best.” Another added, “Seriously? You just voted for the save the rich ppl tax bill and this is what you want us to focus on?”
So, after helping pass the horrible #GOPTaxScam bill and voting to take away healthcare from millions of Americans, @SenJohnMcCain’s top priority now is to reach 3M Twitter followers. If you’re following this selfish hypocrite, today would be a great day to #UnfollowMcCain! pic.twitter.com/QH6zNboTmS
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) December 4, 2017
Wow, looks like you've lost 10k followers rather than scooping up 74. You really can't get anything done, can you?
— Malfoy (@SlythSeeker) December 4, 2017
You've LOST hundreds of followers since you sent this.
You will be remembered for the fraud that you are.
Can't imagine a more selfish act than a man who gets cancer treatment paid for by a program that he proceeds to CUT for other cancer patients.
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) December 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/gaccoachkevin/status/937748844179283969
the biggest injustice of all is that no one can get into the gawker account to make it unfollow john mccain too pic.twitter.com/T45RrtFm0x
— Ashley Feinberg (ashleyfeinberg.bsky.social) (@ashleyfeinberg) December 4, 2017
Unfollow John McCain today. After throwing millions of Americans off their healthcare, he wanted to hit 3M followers today. He has, but let's subtract a few
— Lee in Iowa 🌻🟧 (@Lee_in_Iowa) December 4, 2017
#UnfollowMcCain You voted against your constituents & chose party over country. Shame on you.
— Manchin is a Grifter (@krcNY) December 4, 2017
On the bright side, it’s still not McCain’s worst tweet.
Scandal! Caught playing iPhone game at 3+ hour Senate hearing – worst of all I lost!
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) September 3, 2013
McCain’s The Bad Place is forever being stuck at 2.99 million followers.
(Via Twitter)