Is Twitter getting more conservative under Elon Musk? Just ask Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
Eight Republican accounts picked up more than 100,000 followers, the analysis found.
The accounts that added the most followers included Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan , Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul . Five accounts on the other side of the aisle – four Democrats and Sanders – lost at least 50,000 followers. Those who shed the most included Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren , California Rep. Adam Schiff, , Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer , and California Rep. Maxine Waters .
On average, official accounts for Republican lawmakers gained 9,134 followers and accounts for Democrats lost 3,908 followers. USA TODAY analyzed data gathered from Twitter on Oct. 28 and Nov. 28, 2022. . But the current pattern suggests that conservatives are flocking to Twitter while liberals are leaving, continuing a trend that began in April when Musk first announced his intention to buy Twitter.
Liberal lawmakers, on the other hand, have voiced anguish over changes Twitter's new owner is making including firing content moderators and bringing back accounts suspended for violating Twitter’s rules, including that of
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