A selection, in no particular order, of some of the top tweets — most retweeted and favorited — from Heritage staff during last night’s second presidential debate from Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY.
If oil were subsidized like wind, it would get $50/bb from feds. herit.ag/ABVHrN
— David Kreutzer (@dwkreutzer) October 17, 2012
10 Things the Federal Gov’t Wasted Your Money on This Year: herit.ag/OG8iK1 #debate
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) October 17, 2012
Reminder: Obamacare hikes taxes on 600,000 people whose incomes fall below the federal poverty line is.gd/yiAURf
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) October 17, 2012
Marriage: The Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty –> herit.ag/RahTth #Debate2012
— Paul D. Gallagher (@PaulDGallagher) October 17, 2012
Jeremy’s generation will pay $1,099 more in taxes in 2013 due to Taxmageddon. ow.ly/ex8v2 #Debate2012 #Debates
— Ryan Nichols (@JetSetterRyan) October 17, 2012
Cut Planned Parenthood funding? Me too! herit.ag/V5yHyT #debates
— Jennifer A. Marshall (@MarshallJenA) October 17, 2012
Here are the results of the fracking in North Dakota herit.ag/OGhpdH
— Todd Thurman (@ToddThurman) October 17, 2012
Want to know about women’s issues from a conservative women’s perspective? Look at @marshalljena ‘s paper heritage.org/research/comme… #Debate2012
— Sondra Clark(@SondraClark) October 17, 2012
“Looking to the future” translation: I want you to pay more every time you fill up your car: blog.heritage.org/2012/10/11/wha… #debate2012
— Izzy Ortega (@IzzyOrtega) October 17, 2012
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