McCain loses 20,000 Twitter followers after asking for more

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) lost nearly 20,000 followers on Twitter this week after asking his supporters to help him get more followers.

On Monday, McCain tweeted that his account was only 74 followers away from 3 million, and asked his followers to “spread the word” to help him reach that number.

We’re only 74 Twitter followers away from 3M – spread the word & help us reach this big milestone!

— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) December 4, 2017

The effort backfired — shortly after 12:40 p.m. Tuesday, McCain had 2,982,352 followers.

{mosads}Some of the top replies to the senator’s original tweet are from former followers who deliberately decided to unfollow, citing reasons largely connected to the GOP tax bill.

“Since you choose to care about only yourself and wealthy friends I chose to unfollow,” wrote one woman.

maybe if you give followers the #millions yr stealing fr hardworking #Americans. Until then #notamaverick #complicit #corrupt

— (((Sam Zalutsky))) (@zalutsky) December 4, 2017

Maybe you can buy your followers to reach 3mil with all the money you’ll be saving from the #TaxBillScam you voted on.

— Dolly (@dollyess) December 4, 2017

Since you choose to care about only yourself and wealthy friends I chose to unfollow.

— Amy Patch (@tkpandme) December 4, 2017

Unfollowed. Words are nice, Senator, but actions count for more.

— (((PaultheFossil))) (@paulrbotts) December 4, 2017

McCain voted for the GOP tax plan that the Senate passed early Saturday morning, facing backlash from Democrats and critics who say the bill primarily benefits the wealthy and corporations at the expense of middle-class and poor Americans.