2020 Democrat John Delaney thinks unfollowing Trump on Twitter will bring him down

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published 24 April 2019

John Delaney might be the most hopeful 2020 hopeful out there.

Despite being the first Democrat to launch a 2020 run back in 2017, the former Maryland congressmember has failed to gain any ground in the many 2020 primary polls since. So in what's probably another futile attempt to generate some buzz, Delaney has launched a campaign to "#UnfollowTrump" on Twitter "and hit him where it actually hurts him ... his ego."

The call to arms went out to Delaney's 19,500 Twitter followers, as well as his mailing list of unknown proportions. Even if all those people followed Delaney's directive, there's a strong chance Trump, with his 59.9 million-user following growing every day, wouldn't even notice the difference.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.