Riled Republicans Take to Twitter
June 9, 2014The Daily Mil

Riled Republicans Take to Twitter

We took a sampling of Republican and conservative Twitter responses to Friday’s ruling opening the door to same-sex marriages in Wisconsin. Perhaps the most vigorous debate took place between the account for Wisconsin Family Action and that of the Log Cabin Republicans of Wisconsin, the organization of gay Republicans, though one of the more arresting remarks came from Milwaukee County Supervisor Deanna Alexander. I wonder what courts will do when 3 people try to marry. Mark my words, that lawsuit will happen. #wiright @WIFamilyAction #tcot — Deanna Alexander (@DAforMKE) June 6, 2014 Dueling between @WIFamilyAction and @LogCabinGOP – WI began…

BY Matt Hrodey

We took a sampling of Republican and conservative Twitter responses to Friday’s ruling opening the door to same-sex marriages in Wisconsin. Perhaps the most vigorous debate took place between the account for Wisconsin Family Action and that of the Log Cabin Republicans of Wisconsin, the organization of gay Republicans, though one of the more arresting remarks came from Milwaukee County Supervisor Deanna Alexander.

Dueling between @WIFamilyAction and @LogCabinGOP – WI began as follows on Friday …

… and continued this morning.

Most of the big guns in the state, including Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, have maintained Twitter radio silence, but state Sen. Glenn Grothman, who’s running for Congress, chimed in.

Lastly, this was @LogCabinGOP – WI’s initial response on Friday.

UPDATE: @LogCabinGOP – WI claims to be “winning” its Twitter war with @WIFamilyAction, which has ducked out of the tussle and is instead posting links to Family Research Council surveys.

Matt Hrodey
Matt has written for Milwaukee Magazine since 2006, when he was a lowly intern. Since then, he’s held the posts of assistant news editor and, most recently, senior editor. He’s lived in South Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, Iowa, and Indiana but mostly in Wisconsin. He wants to do more fishing but has a hard time finding worms. For the magazine, Matt has written about city government, schools, religion, coffee roasters and Congress.

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