Michelle Obama has a new Twitter account: @FLOTUS, which stands for "first lady of the United States."
@FLOTUS has 5,000 followers as of press time, but that's sure to rise quickly. @FLOTUS is managed by staff, but she will occasionally chime in with her own tweets signed "-mo." The account began tweeting Thursday, which also happens to be the first lady's birthday.
The @flotus Office is now on @twitter & will post updates & pics. When it's her, she'll sign -mo. PS: RT to wish Mrs. Obama a #HappyBirthday— FLOTUS (@FLOTUS) January 17, 2013
Obama's campaign account, @MichelleObama, has 2.6 million followers but has tweeted sparsely since the end of the election. @MichelleObama's last tweet, dated Jan. 15:
The First Lady invites you to take part in a National Day of Service this Saturday: OFA.BO/C5WYXs— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) January 15, 2013
@FLOTUS is following @WhiteHouse, @VP and a handful of other government Twitter accounts. It does not follow @BarackObama, likely to keep in place a firewall which exists between government and campaign accounts.
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