Hillary Clinton is now on the Twittersphere (twitter.com)
Former United States secretary of state and First Lady Hillary Clinton has officially joined Twitter, gaining thousands of followers before she even tweeted.
Her official Twitter account, @HillaryClinton, was unlocked and verified on Monday, and at the time of going to press the ambitious politician had already gained more than 300,000 followers.
Her first Tweet paid homage to co-creators of the “Texts From Hillary”, a blog created by Stacy Lambe and Adam Smith during last year’s US presidential election — which is also where her Twitter picture and header image come from.
Clinton’s Twitter bio includes her wide variety of life experience as well as a hint at what is to come.
It states: “Wife, mom, lawyer, women & kids advocate, FLOAR, FLOTUS, US Senator, SecState, author, dog owner, hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, glass ceiling cracker, TBD…”
TBD means “to be determined” with speculation rife she will be running for President in 2016. FLOAR stands for First Lady of Arkansas, FLOTUS, First Lady of the United States.
Bill and Chelsea Clinton both welcomed the family’s newest Twitter user to the platform soon after she sent her first tweet:
Thanks for the inspiration @asmith83 & @sllambe – I’ll take it from here… #tweetsfromhillary
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 10, 2013
Clinton’s daughter Chelsea Clinton followed suit in welcoming her Mother.
Welcome Mom!MT: @hillaryclinton Thanks for the inspiration @asmith83 & @sllambe – I’ll take it from here… #tweetsfromhillary
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) June 10, 2013
One notable celebrity who welcomed Clinton to Twitter was American television host Larry King.
Welcome @hillaryclinton to Twitter – I’ll be following you – hope you follow me & I hope to see you soon!
— Larry King(@kingsthings) June 10, 2013
