Yesterday, we learned about Devin Nunes’ lawsuit against the parody Twitter accounts that were hurting his feelings. Until then, I didn’t even know there were Devin Nunes parody accounts, and I don’t know how Nunes could possibly have thought that throwing a fit about a Twitter account pretending to be his cow might have gotten people to pay less attention to it. So, really, I can only assume that his actual goal was to bring attention to the mocking cow, in which case, congratulations to him because he has succeeded to an extraordinary degree.
Before Nunes’ lawsuit was filed, @DevinCow, one of the accounts named, had about just a few thousand followers. Overnight, that number grew to about 100K. As of this writing, it’s at 450K (and rising fast), far more followers than Nunes has himself.
This is nuts. @DevinNunes is suing in part b/c a parody account of a cow in Nunes’ ranch, is BULL-ying him, not COW-towing to him. If u think Nunes is COW-ardly, annoy him. Follow @DevinCow. It’s only 20k away from MOO-ving past Nunes’ account in followers. MOO-chas gracias. 🐮 https://t.co/AXUDZ17uv6
— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) March 20, 2019
.@DevinCow now has more followers than @DevinNunes. We live in strange, strange times.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 20, 2019
I just saw that @DevinCow now has more followers than @DevinNunes. Trying to limit someone’s speech usually backfires!
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) March 20, 2019
BREAKING: @DevinCow now has more Twitter followers than Devin Nunes! It’s udderly amazing that this cow mooooved past that ornery li’l cowpoke in just 24 hours. This just goes to show the power of The Resistance! 🐮#BeButter
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) March 20, 2019
This is one of the best examples we’ve ever seen of the Streisand Effect—a term based on Barbara Streisand’s 2003 attempt to keep a photographer from releasing pictures of her Malibu home. That lawsuit only increased downloads of the pictures hundreds of thousands of times over.
It’s official…@DevinCow, the account Devin Nunes sued, now has more followers than @DevinNunes.
My husband @andylassner who started the follow the cow campaign is going to be in a good mood for at least one week. pic.twitter.com/y1rhXvEQeC
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) March 20, 2019
We might have to rename the phenomenon.
When Devin Nunes filed his lawsuit against @DevinCow, the cow had around 2,000 followers.
Two days later, Devin Nunes’ cow has MORE followers than the actual Devin Nunes (394K).
The Streisand Effect is real, but is henceforth to be known as the Nunes Effect.
ALL HAIL THE COW! pic.twitter.com/eUuMMRlEAZ
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) March 20, 2019
We did it! @DevinCow has more followers than @DevinNunes.
I now motion for the “Streisand Effect” to be renamed the “Devin Nunes Effect.” pic.twitter.com/sKezPk7Wfy
— Marie Connor (@thistallawkgirl) March 20, 2019
Devin Nunes’ Mom–the other parody account Nunes is suing–was shut down last year, but a new version is now back up.
I just spent a few weeks in Twitter jail. You think @DevinNunes visited me even once? Of course not..
Let’s see if I visit you when you go to big boy jail. *sips chardonnay*
— Devin Nunes’ Alt-Mom (@NunesAlt) March 19, 2019
And others have come up with their own Nunes-based accounts.
So you’re saying there’s a chance @DevinCow pic.twitter.com/tdHYvYQGlL
— DevinNunesGrandma (@DevinGrandma) March 20, 2019
I don’t even remember why I filed the lawsuit anymore.
Please, just follow my cow.@DevinCow
— Devin’s Ego (@DevinNunesEgo) March 20, 2019
Still thin.
— Devin Nunes’ skin (@devinnunesskin) March 19, 2019
There are just so many.
When you go after the farm, the farm comes for you, Devin.#DevinCow #NunesCow#NunesMom #Nunes
@DevinCow@NunesAlt@NunesSideCow@NunesDad@DevinNunesDog @DevinsMomsCow @DevinNunesMouth@LeftDevin@DMomcow @DFleas @NunesTears @SdadCow @NunesCow @DevinGerbil @LawyerNunes pic.twitter.com/B2qq7sdo5V— Devin Nunes Mom’s Cow (@DevinsMomsCow) March 20, 2019
Congratulations again, Devin Nunes. You succeeded in dramatically increasing the number of people who know your constituents despise you.
#ThisIsDevinNunes pic.twitter.com/RZi2Zgkk6j
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) March 20, 2019
(image: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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