Thread by @conspirator0

Here's a brief history of the #NationalDivorce hashtag. First used almost a decade ago by obscure accounts, it has in recent years been tweeted by a ragtag lineup that includes #Calexit founder Louis J. Marinelli and QAnon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.

cc: @ZellaQuixote

The first tweet containing #NationalDivorce appears to be a November 2012 tweet from @RTsolideogloria, a now-dormant right-wing account. This was later followed by several tweets in 2013/2014 from left-wing account @StrongAmerican encouraging Texas to secede from the USA.

In 2017, right-wing pundit and Claremont Institute fellow @davereaboi began using the #NationalDivorce hashtag somewhat regularly. His tweets containing it were largely ignored until June 2020, however.

In November 2020, the official Twitter account of the #Calexit movement (@YesCalifornia) began tweeting the #NationalDivorce hashtag prolifically. Other California secessionist accounts, including Calexit founder @LouisJMarinelli, later followed suit.

The #NationalDivorce hashtag grew in popularity in 2021/2022, propelled by large right-wing accounts such as @DineshDSouza and Libertarian Party accounts such as @LPNH. Marjorie Taylor Greene used it in October 2021, on her now-banned @mtgreenee account.

https://web.archive.org/web/20211015134145/https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1449006970351017995

Thus far, the most-retweeted tweets containing the #NationalDivorce hashtag are from popular right-wing influencers and official Libertarian Party accounts. Blue-check #Calexit account @YesCalifornia also turns up prominently, mostly due to having tweeted the hashtag 185 times.