An account spoofing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went viral this week after receiving a reply from Twitter CEO Elon Musk.
The verified account garnered significant attention after Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, acknowledged the fake account Tuesday in a tweet that warned her followers from interacting with it.
On Sunday, the account got its biggest boost when it posted about “having a crush” on Mr. Musk, who is also CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. He responded to the tweet with a fire emoji. The account has since skyrocketed in followers, gathering more than 100,000 in just a few days. The account has nearly 300,000 followers in total.
The account has existed since 2018 but was banned in 2019 along with the personal account of the person running it. Michael Morrison, who runs the account, took it to Gab where he was able to post more sexually explicit content as well as reshare content with racial slurs.
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