Check Out George W. Bush and Bill Clinton’s Hashtag Smackdown
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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton spent Wednesday night engaged in a light “war of words” on their social media accounts.
Bill Clinton tweeted a photo of himself Wednesday afternoon reading George W. Bush’s newly released book, A Portrait of My Father. He chided his successor in the tweet for failing to jump on the Twitter bandwagon:
Received my copy of #41 by #43, George W. Bush. Touching tribute! #HowAreYouSTILLNotOnTwitter #PresidentialTweeters pic.twitter.com/ECWvElzG44
— Bill Clinton (@billclinton) November 12, 2014
Bush does indeed have a Twitter handle: @GeorgeWBush. A George W. Bush Foundation spokesman confirmed to CNN in 2009 that the foundation was holding the twitter name @GeorgeWBush. But the account is not verified, and does not appear to have ever been used.
But even if Bush, 68, lacks a Twitter presence, he is a regular Instagram user; his account shows he has 94 posts, and he used that platform to respond to Clinton, 68:
(Evidently, he knows how to screenshot a tweet, even if he has never sent one out).
When asked whether Bill Clinton would now consider joining Instagram, a spokesman responded that “the speculation is going to have to continue.”
A Bush representative did not immediately respond to ABC News’ requests for comment.
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