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09-16-2017, 11:03 PM
91-year-old former congressman shows millennials how to tweet about Trump
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91-year-old former congressman John Dingell has been quick, witty, and on fire with his 140 characters for years.
Despite his age, he knows how to use the tweet machine the way it was intended: biting commentary, playful retweets, and insightful and smart reactions. Time and again he's shown he's mastered Twitter.
After tweeter-in-chief Donald Trump was elected, Dingell's Twitter game has become even more relevant and fiery.
SEE ALSO: Artist paints offensive tweets he received outside Twitter's HQ to highlight how Twitter handles abuse (http://mashable.com/2017/08/09/germany-artist-twitter-hate-speech-facebook/)
After the violence in Charlottesville and Trump's bumbling mess (http://mashable.com/2017/08/15/donald-trump-press-conference-infrastructure-charlottesville/) of a response to the anti-Semitism and white supremacy on display, Dingell took to Twitter in the days following. One particular tweet resonated, with thousands praising the longtime Michigan lawmaker for posting what the president struggled to say.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/09/16/john-dingell-twitter-trump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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91-year-old former congressman John Dingell has been quick, witty, and on fire with his 140 characters for years.
Despite his age, he knows how to use the tweet machine the way it was intended: biting commentary, playful retweets, and insightful and smart reactions. Time and again he's shown he's mastered Twitter.
After tweeter-in-chief Donald Trump was elected, Dingell's Twitter game has become even more relevant and fiery.
SEE ALSO: Artist paints offensive tweets he received outside Twitter's HQ to highlight how Twitter handles abuse (http://mashable.com/2017/08/09/germany-artist-twitter-hate-speech-facebook/)
After the violence in Charlottesville and Trump's bumbling mess (http://mashable.com/2017/08/15/donald-trump-press-conference-infrastructure-charlottesville/) of a response to the anti-Semitism and white supremacy on display, Dingell took to Twitter in the days following. One particular tweet resonated, with thousands praising the longtime Michigan lawmaker for posting what the president struggled to say.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/09/16/john-dingell-twitter-trump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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