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Meet @FloridaJimmy. Jimmy is running for president because we need leadership that will fight for the interests of workers, not just the 1 percent.

Correction: Jimmy is not running for President. Jimmy is a Twitter bot that clones @BernieSanders's tweets.

cc: @ZellaQuixote
Can we find other examples of automated accounts duplicating the tweets of Democratic presidential candidates? We started by downloading all tweets containing the first 12 words of any 40+ char original tweet posted by any of these candidate accounts in the last 10 days.
We removed some false positives (news articles whose titles quoted a candidate's tweet, for example) and tested the accounts for 24/7 activity or use of automation services for 90%+ of tweets. 48 accounts were flagged as automated by this method. Most use IFTTT or Tweeted Times.
Which candidates do these bots copy? Mostly Sanders at this point in time, although Gabbard, Harris, and Warren have received some attention as well. Red indicates accounts that copied the tweets without giving any indication of the original source.
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