Lesson in Twitter: Don't Mess with a 77-Year Old Tweeting Senator

Twitter lesson #1: Twitter's character limit is 140. Twitter lesson #2: Don't argue that point, or any other Twitter-isms, with Iowa's senior senator, and prolific tweeter, Chuck Grassley.

Twitter lesson #1: Twitter’s character limit is 140. Twitter lesson #2: Don’t argue that point, or any other Twitter-isms, with Iowa’s senior senator, and prolific tweeter, Chuck Grassley.

He just may well tweet your head off.

Too late, he already did.

The 77-year old Republican got defensive on Twitter on Thursday, apparently in response to recent criticisms of his tweeting style

“I know how to spell,” Grassley tweeted. “Quit complaining abt my Twitter shorthand I know how to spell But Twitter limit is 120 characters.”

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