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The fake Rahm account has thousands more followers than (almost) any real elected official's does

Cook County (Ill.) Commissioner John Fritchey, making an observation regarding two Twitter accounts that evoke mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel's name: @rahmemanuel (an official account with 6,000 followers) and @mayoremanuel (an anonymous account with 20,000 followers).

Cook County (Ill.) Commissioner John Fritchey, making an observation regarding two Twitter accounts that evoke mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel's name: @rahmemanuel (an official account with 6,000 followers) and @mayoremanuel (an anonymous account with 20,000 followers).

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