Indiana Republican Trolls The Wrong Joe Donnelly On Twitter

Some random guy is getting attacked by Richard Mourdock’s Senate campaign.

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WASHINGTON — It’s important in politics to know your enemy — and your enemy’s Twitter handle.

In the race for the U.S. Senate in Indiana, Republican Richard Mourdock’s campaign has taken to Twitter to target his opponent, Rep. Joe Donnelly.

But, instead of tweeting attacks at @JoeforIndiana or @RepDonnelly, Mourdock’s tweets have mentioned @JoeDonnelly—a protected account belonging to a man who has 21 followers and, apparently, no aspirations of seeking higher office.

A few recent examples:

Richard Mourdock @richardmourdock

“...some supporters of Obamacare are changing their tune”. [including @JoeDonnelly?] bit.ly/Qd6V3D vote @Richardmourdock #INSen

7:59 PM - 10 Oct 12

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Richard Mourdock @richardmourdock

Another day, another misleading @JoeDonnelly ad, another attempt to deceive #Hoosier voters about "DC Joe". bit.ly/QbdBiE #INSen

7:28 PM - 9 Oct 12

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Richard Mourdock @richardmourdock

@JoeDonnelly's doing his bst 2 mislead #Hoosiers hoping they'll forget he spent the last 4yrs supprtng Obama's failures bit.ly/UNGKQQ

5:57 PM - 8 Oct 12

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And Mourdock isn’t the only one targeting an innocent Twitter user who happens to be named Joe Donnelly:

angela mcknight @angelamcknight9

@richardmourdock @joedonnelly Joe donnelly is the male version of Nancy peloci this is not sanfrancisco nor do we want to be

2:09 PM - 11 Oct 12

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