Skip to main content

Caitlyn Jenner breaks Twitter record

WASHINGTON — When Caitlyn Jenner’s “Vanity Fair” cover hit social media Monday, it did more than turn heads — it broke social media records, too. Jenner, who was known publicly as Bruce before the cover debut, launched a new Twitter account Monday and accrued more than 1 million followers in about four hours. It marks the fastest time anyone has reached 1 million followers on the social media site. Jenner ousted President Barack Obama’s record for attaining 1 million followers. Obama’s recently launched @POTUS account got to 1 million in a little less than five hours, reports POLITICO. Obama still has Jenner beat when it comes to total followers. The president’s account has 2.54 million followers compared to Jenner’s 1.16 million. Jenner’s first tweet was the “Vanity Fair” cover, which has been retweeted more than 16,000 times as of Monday evening.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost her legs serving in Iraq, hits back after Tucker Carlson suggests she hates America

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a U.S. Army veteran who lost both of her legs while serving in Iraq, rebuked Tucker Carlson after the conservative Fox News host attacked her on Monday night and suggested that she hates America. "Does @TuckerCarlson want to walk a mile in my legs and then tell me whether or not I love America?" Duckworth wrote on Twitter.
Read Next Story