After the Winnipeg city council voted Monday to condemn racist imagery at a protest over the weekend, a Regina resident wanted his councillors to do the same.

So he did what many people do in the 21st century when wanting something from a politician. He tweeted at them.

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It is not the first time that Regina Mayor, an energy expert at KPMG in Houston, Tex., has danced with eager Saskatchewanians with less than perfect Twitter skills.

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For her troubles Monday, she was rewarded with several new followers, the offer of a new B次元官网网址淓xperience ReginaB次元官网网址� T-shirt from the cityB次元官网网址檚 Rebellion Brewing Company, and an awful lot of apologetic Canadians.

One suggested the real mayor of Regina, Sandra Masters B次元官网网址� who is not on Twitter B次元官网网址� should join the apology club.

B次元官网网址淎nd I await an apologetic response from the real mayor of Regina,B次元官网网址� the non-mayor Mayor from Texas replied in jest to that suggestion, with a tears of joy emoji for effect.

If Mayor wants, she could also form a club of Canadian social media doppelg盲ngers, joining the likes of Erin OB次元官网网址橳oole, Doug Ford and Jason Kenney.

B次元官网网址淭witter twins,B次元官网网址� squealed Erin OB次元官网网址橳oole, a National Public Radio host in Colorado who has spent the last 17 months following the ebbs and flows of Canadian Conservative politics through Twitter misfires.

On the morning of Aug. 24, 2020, the Colorado OB次元官网网址橳oole woke up to find she had a whole lot of new Canadian followers. It turns out the politician OB次元官网网址橳oole had just won the Conservative leadership.

She has had a disclaimer pinned to the top of her feed since that day.

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OB次元官网网址橳oole, who oddly even shares a birthday with her Canadian Twitter twin, has had many laughs over the misdirected tweets. On Monday, her feed blew up again with Canadians commenting after news broke about a challenge to political OB次元官网网址橳ooleB次元官网网址檚 leadership.

B次元官网网址淚 mean itB次元官网网址檒l be hard to say goodbye to all this,B次元官网网址� she wrote.

She never really thought much about Canadian politics before 2020. Now she is likely among the most well-informed Americans on Canadian Conservative politics.

In Richmond, Va., Jason Kenney had some fun at Regina MayorB次元官网网址檚 expense Monday.

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Kenney has felt Regina MayorB次元官网网址檚 pain. His political Twitter twin is the premier of Alberta. A mistaken tag happens often enough that he has added B次元官网网址渘ot CanadianB次元官网网址� to his Twitter bio.

On the weekend, when he saw Premier Jason Kenney tweet that he would be visiting nearby in Washington, D.C. over the weekend, Virginia Jason Kenney responded, B次元官网网址渦mmm, road trip?B次元官网网址�

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OB次元官网网址橳oole hasnB次元官网网址檛 met her Canadian social media twin but they did speak on the phone when Canadian OB次元官网网址橳ooleB次元官网网址檚 office got wind of the online mix-ups.

The American Kenney and OB次元官网网址橳oole have even amassed legions of Canadian fans of their own, who will tip them to beware an incoming flood of mentions whenever the Canadian OB次元官网网址橳oole or Kenney make big headlines.

Some have sent OB次元官网网址橳oole boxes of Coffee Crisp chocolate bars, which you canB次元官网网址檛 get in the United States.

Colorado OB次元官网网址橳oole said sometimes she does find herself on the receiving end of an angry Canadian, which can be disconcerting momentarily until she remembers theyB次元官网网址檙e not really yelling at her. And while she has no input on the future of Canadian OB次元官网网址橳ooleB次元官网网址檚 political career, the end of it will likely also end her celebrity period on social media.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 both relieved (for my Twitter mentions) and sad that our incredible and unusual relationship may be coming to an end,B次元官网网址� she tweeted Wednesday after the Canadian OB次元官网网址橳oole lost a vote to remain as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

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B次元官网网址淪o yeah, I mean, I do expect it to fade away. This isnB次元官网网址檛 gonna last forever. And people donB次元官网网址檛 follow me because they want pictures of my dog or what IB次元官网网址檓 working on at work. But you know, yeah, I have to say, IB次元官网网址檒l miss it if it goes away.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址擬ia Rabson THE CANADIAN PRESS