After nearly 13 hours with no bathroom break, Sen. Rand Paul ended his dramatic filibuster of John Brennan’s nomination last night. The filibuster dominated social media, sending #StandWithRand and other topics trending throughout the evening.
So, how many Twitter followers did Paul gain? He started off with 96,720 followers.
https://twitter.com/TyroneGayle/status/309507366511075329
Word on the street is… @SenRandPaul has gained 15k followers in the past 2 hours. What whaaaat!? #holla #IStandWithRand
— Angela Reamer (@AngelaReneeM) March 7, 2013
since I started watching his numbers, @senrandpaul has gone from 118k to 130k followers #standwithrand
— JenevaLynne???????? (@Jenevalynne) March 7, 2013
Just a few hours ago remember seeing @SenRandPaul twitter account at 112,447 & now 133,052 @ChaskelBennett @michellemalkin @seanhannity
— Yaakov Schapiro (@YaakovSchapiro) March 7, 2013
Evidently an epic filibuster is worth even more than Rubio’s “career-ending” water sip.
During his 12 hour and 52 minute filibuster @SenRandPaul gained 37,172 Twitter followers (Source: http://t.co/Qnwdi9uILB) h/t @EliLanger
— Tom Rotunno (@TomRotunno) March 7, 2013
Thursday morning, Paul is at 138,190 followers and counting. Not bad for a day’s filibuster.
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