Posted on 08/06/2018 12:44:30 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The Republican National Committee’s link to the Maryland Republican Party’s Twitter account actually takes users to the page of Sexy Car Babes, a mix-up that occurred after the state party changed the name of its twitter handle and didn’t tell the national group.
GOP.com listed the Maryland Republican Party’s Twitter account as @mdreps. That Twitter account has been tweeting out porn links since Jan. 25. It also provides a link to sexycarbabes.com, a website that has nothing to do with cars. As of 1:42 p.m. Monday, the site still linked to @mdreps.
Maryland Republican officials said they switched to a new Twitter handle in January but didn’t tell the national committee.
A request was made to freeze the @mdreps after the name change to @mdgop — which would have prevented another user from taking the name — but the freeze never occurred, said Patrick O’Keefe, Maryland Republican Party executive director. O’Keefe knew @mdreps had a new user in February.
The national committee was notified about the Twitter change on Monday.
“We did not (tell them). We updated it on our website and all our entities then though,” O’Keefe said. “Not notifying the RNC back in February was just an oversight.”
Google searches for “Maryland Republican Party” list the GOP.com page before the MDgop.com site. The Maryland Republican Party lists the correct address.
Republican National Committee officials did not immediately return a request for comment.
The Maryland Republican Party changed its Twitter name after O’Keefe reached out to Twitter officials about verification. Verification is a service offered by Twitter that increases account options and helps users know the validity of larger accounts.
The Maryland Republican Party was one of the few non-verified state party accounts, O’Keefe said.
Twitter offered to transfer tweets from @mdreps to @mdgop, according to emails between Twitter and O’Keefe. They also offered to freeze @mdreps so that other users don’t grab the account name. O’Keefe agreed to do that on Jan. 24, according to the emails.
But on Jan. 25 @mdreps began its reign as Sexy Car Babes.
Twitter officials did not immediately return a request for comment.
Despite the @mdreps account featuring naked women, that hasn’t stopped users from tweeting or mentioning the account.
Twitter users can reply directly to other users or they can mention the handle in their tweet. When someone’s account is mentioned — depending on their settings — the account receives a notification.
One of the most recent tweets comes from Red Maryland, a conservative website.
“The @MDReps went(sic) to talk to voters and reminded(sic) them how @GovLarryHogan is changing Maryland for the Better,” the account tweeted on March 24.
Maryland state Del. David Moon, D-Montgomery County, tweeted on Feb. 18 during debate about bills that would allow weapons inside schools.
“Meanwhile, #Maryland Republican (@mdreps) think the answer is bringing handguns to elementary schools and churches. What does @LarryHogan think of these GOP bills? #MDpolitics #MDGA18,” Moon’s account tweeted.
Moon said he is reviewing his twitter to see what he can do about tweets that mention @mdrep.
Some users were keen to the change when interacting with tweets that link to @mdreps. One user said they wouldn’t retweet because the account was tweeting porn.
Maryland Republican Party chairman Dirk Haire said he wasn’t worried about the mix-up between the two Twitter accounts.
Twitter is for the media and sports and Hollywood celebrities, Haire said.
“Like virtually all Americans, I don’t go on Twitter,” Haire said. “We use Facebook much more than twitter.”
Haire can be followed on Twitter at @DirkHaire.
He tweets rarely and his most recent tweet came on June 28, the day of the shooting in The Capital’s newsroom. Five people were killed.
Haire offered his sympathies.
That’ll increase their traffic...................
Yeah, Twitter officials had their hand in that.
And anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot and hasn’t been paying attention to how twitter has been behaving.
Well, it is Get Out The Vote season.
This was NO ACCIDENT.
Are their RUSSIAN babes?
Is the guy living down the road at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. a media, sports, or Hollywood celebrity?
Why did it take 7 months to notice?....................maybe they did notice.......................
If not Twitter officially, certainly one of their rogue employees. They’ve already shut down Trump’s account temporarily, among other things.
Must have been a Ted Cruz staffer.
It took them 7 months to notice?....................
7 months and NOBODY NOTICED?...................or, perhaps they did and just didn't say anything................
“Anyone know why we aren’t getting any responses?”
“Nope, carry on.”
Who knows.
Maybe they DID notice and Twitter played stupid this whole time.
Wouldn’t doubt that either.
The dude who runs twitter “@Jack” is a rabid A-hole.
It is entirely possible that it was noticed, and Twitter decided to not do anything/play dumb/get cute as they did when they terminated Trump’s twitter.
Wife: Why are you ALWAYS on the Twitter thingy?
Husband: I’m just answering all that hate that the dems are putting up on our Twitter account!................yeah, that’s the ticket!.............
And nobody noticed until now!? lol
Actually, he could qualify as all three (he’s been in feature films, professional wrestling, and a bestselling author and television show host).
Porn twitter? I don’t want to know ...
I’m surprised they didn’t route them to a pediphile supporters page since facebook holds them with higher esteem than Christian conservatives.
Quite a coincidence that all of this is taking place just as congress went in recess and the elections coming up.
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