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hi!!! it is now eight pm eastern time, which means that the primary is over. it& #39;s been a wild few months, so i (emerson) wanted to do a lil sappy thread to say thank you for all of your support!
when i started reply guys back in march, i thought that it would be an incredibly niche #mapoli account that my friends and i would appreciate and laugh at and maybe tweet on sometimes. it is, very clearly, so much more than that, and beyond our wildest expectations.
@tylergiles_ (and @orlevz) have been there from the beginning. i am so grateful to both of them for helping to shape the account into what it is today, and for keeping up with the momentum and the enthusiasm as the account has gained attention.
@time2ryot is the genius behind the @wheatus song, getting wheatus to come to our house party, the gracie& #39;s label, and just about all of the graphics. they are supremely talented and one of the best people i know and i am so, so grateful to be friends with them.
@JoshuaRush may be a washed up disney star, but he makes some of our edgiest tweets and his drive and enthusiasm is something that lets the account be what it is and take on a life of its own. he was also a fellow, so he did double the work - something i& #39;m in awe of!
@drivinatninety& #39;s fancams, edits, sense of humor, and reaction time are unparalleled. we share the same brain cell, and she& #39;s behind some of our greatest hits. we literally tweeted 500 times in one night together, and if that doesn& #39;t tell you how cool she is idk what does.
my personal account is @emerson_toomey! the reply guys would not exist without all six of us, even though only five of us are active. clio, the cat, is mine. i am both proud and also confused about the fact that she& #39;s so popular with everyone.
next, i want to thank @pawlbologna. paul and @nicole_bardasz are responsible for the digital game (along with all of their fellows!). i am not allotted enough characters to describe how thankful and grateful i am for them, so i won& #39;t even try. i love you both so, so much.
i also want to thank the lovely @SYDNEYRACHAEL_, who i adore with all my heart, and @taysaintg, @OliviaTwitaker, @natesroberts, @LiamHorsman, @JennMeakem, and @EmmaYourFriend, just a fraction of the incredible markey campaign team.
i also want to thank @Students4Markey for their incredible work and all of the time and energy they& #39;ve poured into this campaign FOR FREE. i especially want to recognize @shanaz8201, @CherilynStrader, and @TristanSN3 for their leadership.
we wouldn& #39;t have been able to do this without all of the fellows and volunteers, especially @FernandesGrace, @abhlprofen, and @SamDelgadoTX, who are responsible for hours and hours of work on graphics, the markey map, and organizing fellows and volunteers.
i also want to give a shout out to @mcbyrne and @banditelli, our twitter parents, whose support and guidance we have been incredibly grateful for over the course of the campaign. thank you, thank you, thank you.
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thank you to all of the reporters who have been interested enough in our "no thoughts head empty" tweeting to reach out to us, and to the markeyverse for making calls and textbanking and spending countless hours volunteering and growing a unique community.
my biggest thank you, though, is to all of you! thank you for supporting us and for allowing us to run this account and to try something completely new and unprecedented in digital organizing. and thank you for caring enough about it and about the race to allow it to work!
no matter what the results may be, we& #39;re really proud of what we& #39;ve done here and of the community that we& #39;ve created. we hope you are, too, because you& #39;re just as much to thank and just as much a part of it as we are. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Rotes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Herz">
