For conservatives, social media is a key battleground

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At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Trevor Loudon, author of "Enemies Within: Communists, Socialists and Progressives in the U.S. Congress,” said: “The media is totally against the president. Hollywood is against the president. The radical left is against the president. He’s got all these forces against him. What we have is social media.” His call to action: “Get on Facebook, get on Twitter, and stand up.”

Ginni Thomas, the conservative journalist and activist (and, yes, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas) said that given her “reverence for social media that gives us the power beyond the propaganda media to find the truth,” she was going to have speakers take turns "in order of who has the most Twitter followers." First up, with more than half a million followers: Milwaukee County Sheriff and conservative icon David Clarke. Going last, after Loudon (8,100 followers) and the Center for Security Policy’s Clare Lopez (6,100), was acting FTC Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen (3,900).


For conservatives, social media is a key battleground