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NYC Liberal

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6. And he broke a world record...
Tue May 19, 2015, 11:34 PM
May 2015
http://www.businessinsider.com/potus-twitter-breaks-world-record-2015-5

It took less than five hours for the official Twitter account of the President of the United States to reach 1 million followers.

That broke a Guinness World Record formerly held by actor Robert Downey Jr., who hit 1 million in 23 hours and 22 minutes in April 2014, the folks at Guinness say.

This is not the President's first twitter account. There's also his account @BarackObama which has 59 million followers, but it's not really controlled or used by him anymore. The tweets are posted by other people working for "Organizing for Action." And the POTUS account isn't completely his either. It stays with the office. But the tweets are posted by him.


Currently at over 2 million followers now!

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My advise, Mr. President? yallerdawg May 2015 #1
I know what you mean yallerdawg, sheshe2 May 2015 #3
Hillary's twitter accounts are just as bad. yallerdawg May 2015 #4
That's off the hook!! Major Hogwash May 2015 #2
You are right, MH. sheshe2 May 2015 #5
I love that picture of President Obama. Major Hogwash May 2015 #10
Check out what Cha posted.... :) sheshe2 May 2015 #13
And he broke a world record... NYC Liberal May 2015 #6
Thank You NYC Liberal!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sheshe2 May 2015 #7
I will miss having him as our President... NYC Liberal May 2015 #8
Here!!!!!!!!!!!! sheshe2 May 2015 #9
Tweeter in Chief, she! Cha May 2015 #11
Now that is one cool picture, Cha! sheshe2 May 2015 #12
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