We’re not sure how Charlie Crist thinks voting (or even Twitter, for that matter) works but this ain’t it:
We’re up against the biggest and most dangerous threat to our democracy this November: Ron DeSantis.
The time to stand up & fight is now. Can you help us build our grassroots power by getting 50K RTs on this so we can take him down in 22 days?
— Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) October 17, 2022
Leaving aside the ridiculous hyperbole of characterizing DeSantis as “the biggest and most dangerous threat to our democracy”, what exactly is Charlie Crist hoping that fifty-thousand retweets will accomplish?
Who wants to tell Mr. Crist that Florida is not a Vote-By-Tweet State? https://t.co/s8MJxYWop2
— Anna Hoffman (@shoesonplease) October 17, 2022
Are you suggesting that 50k retweets = votes??? Fire your campaign staffer that tweeted this!
— Ali Thomas (@AlisonRThomas_) October 17, 2022
Yea, that’s not how it works, Charlie. That’s now how any of it works.
Twitter users were quick to point out another major flaw in Crist’s “please clap” social media moment:
Your pinned tweet from August 24th only has 9k RTs. What makes you think this one is getting 50k? pic.twitter.com/tE7IKwvgGo
— jhawk4life ™ 🇺🇸 🏴 🇮🇪 (@jhawk4life) October 17, 2022
Who does your social media and made the awful estimate of thinking you’d come anywhere near 50k retweets?😂😂😂
— DigiBuild CEO | YCombinator Backed (@RobertJSalvador) October 17, 2022
Lol. 50k is what your asking for? Cute!
— Mrs. Bacon 🍊🍊🍊🍊 (@heatherbacon03) October 17, 2022
At this rate it ain’t happening
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 18, 2022
Ouch.
Seriously, who is running the social media for this campaign? It’s never a good idea to set such unrealistic goals for engagement.
Especially when you’re known for changing political parties depending on whichever way you think the wind is blowing:
— Jac (@MamaPraying) October 17, 2022
Just think, in 22 days you'll get to change party's yet again
— Ultra-MAGA Deplorable Petr (@PragueArtist) October 17, 2022
LOL, it's over Charlie. You are going to lose.
What party will you join next? The Forward Party, maybe?
— Cthulhu Loves You (@EyerotGaming) October 18, 2022
As of this writing, Crist’s tweet is about 47,000 retweets shy of it’s goal.
You seem a little short on your goal
— Brendon Leslie (@BrendonLeslie) October 18, 2022
Maybe just a little.
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