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Ozy_Flame · 03-04-2019, 10:54 PM

I thought this was funny:

UCP leader Jason Kenney tweet backfires as #BetterOffWithRachel trends

Alberta opposition United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney tweeted that query on Friday, following up with, “For so many Alberta families the answer is clearly ‘no’. We can’t afford not to take bold action to bring jobs and investment back to Alberta.”

The tweet prompted more than 600 replies as of Monday morning. Instead of agreements and vitriol, the overwhelming response was from people saying they were, in fact, better off — which led to the Canada-wide top trending hashtag #BetterOffWithRachel.

Of course, many responses came from fellow politicians and politically-minded Albertans. But with an estimated 4,700 tweets sent in the last day as of Monday morning, according to Trendsmap, there were also comments from regular citizens.

It was trending across Alberta and caught on nationally a bit I believe.

Additionally, a poll started Drew Barnes on Twitter today of "who would win in Medicine Hat" had the NDP at 63% and the UCP at 32% before ol' Drew took it down.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1102674061732134913

Some of these UCP clowns live up to their billing, but the UCP Communications Manager(s) should really have a better strategy when it comes to Twitter posts.

03-04-2019, 10:54 PM	#2356
Ozy_Flame Posted the 6 millionth post! Join Date: Feb 2002 Exp:	I thought this was funny: UCP leader Jason Kenney tweet backfires as #BetterOffWithRachel trends Alberta opposition United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney tweeted that query on Friday, following up with, “For so many Alberta families the answer is clearly ‘no’. We can’t afford not to take bold action to bring jobs and investment back to Alberta.” The tweet prompted more than 600 replies as of Monday morning. Instead of agreements and vitriol, the overwhelming response was from people saying they were, in fact, better off — which led to the Canada-wide top trending hashtag #BetterOffWithRachel. Of course, many responses came from fellow politicians and politically-minded Albertans. But with an estimated 4,700 tweets sent in the last day as of Monday morning, according to Trendsmap, there were also comments from regular citizens. It was trending across Alberta and caught on nationally a bit I believe. Additionally, a poll started Drew Barnes on Twitter today of "who would win in Medicine Hat" had the NDP at 63% and the UCP at 32% before ol' Drew took it down. https://twitter.com/user/status/1102674061732134913 Some of these UCP clowns live up to their billing, but the UCP Communications Manager(s) should really have a better strategy when it comes to Twitter posts.