Tone deaf Sen. McCain asks for more Twitter followers, so he loses thousands

After he dealt a devastating blow to our social safety net last week, Senator John McCain is now asking for a handout.

On Monday, the Senator’s Twitter account made a tone-deaf request for more Twitter followers. The account was just short of 3 million followers by “74 persons,” the tweet reported — would people be so kind to “spread the word & help us reach this big milestone!?”

Nope.

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