Happy 7th birthday to the micro-blogging social networking site!
Anthony Weiner
The Queens Congressman famously resigned after sending inappropriate texts and pictures to a number of women.
Source: i.huffpost.com
Phil "Me Likely Broke Girls" Hardy
The spokesman for Congressman Raul Labrador was fired after sending an errant tweet from the Congressman's account. It was there for 14 seconds.
A Senate staffer for Senator Susan Collins
Maine Senator Susan Collins sent this mean-spirited tweet about Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders: "Good ol' @SenSanders is always entertaining. Not a huge fan." The staffer who sent the tweet, Luke Welch, a "New Media/Press Assistant," for the Senate, was fired according to US News And World Report.
Three legislative aides to Congressman Rick Larsen
Three legislative aides to Congressman Rick Larsen, a Democrat from Washington state, were fired after they sent tweets mocking the congressman, complaining about their jobs and spoke about drinking while at work.
The staffers — legislative aides Seth Burroughs and Elizabeth Robbee and legislative correspondent Ben Byers — tweets were first noticed by a conservative political blog covering Washington state.
