Bill de Blasio (the candidate) proves picky with his Twitter feed
Mayor Bill de Blasio followed four new people from his presidential candidate Twitter since last Wednesday: Woody Guthrie, Jimi Hendrix, Fela Kuti and Billy Bragg. He likes music.
The new additions bring the mayor-turned-presidential-candidate’s total following up to 23 whole individuals and groups — one more than Joe Biden follows, a bunch less than all the other candidates they debated against last week, and possibly more than the number of people in New York City who support the mayor’s long shot bid.
The list, which will “continue to grow,” (unlike de Blasio’s polling numbers) is picked based on the mayor’s interests, a spokesperson for the de Blasio campaign told the Brooklyn Eagle. De Blasio the candidate, it turns out, is much more exacting than de Blasio the mayor when it comes to “throwing the follow.” His mayoral account follows over 1,300 people. (This reporter did not make that list.)