Just As You Hoped, Twitter Hijacks #FreeKimDavis

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Just As You Hoped, Twitter Hijacks #FreeKimDavis
The Internet delivers once again on the #FreeKimDavis hashtag.
 Lucas Grindley
          
          Sep 06, 2015
          
        
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The #FreeKimDavis hashtag started with the likes of Mike Huckabee launching a petition to free the Kentucky clerk from jail, where she has been since Thursday on contempt. And while some have taken to Twitter to back her -- with arguments like, President Obama is lawless, so why should Kim Davis follow the law? -- many others have hijacked it.
Surely, you saw this coming. 
I'm totally cool with #FreeKimDavis...once she agrees to do her job.
-- Kyle JL (@kyjl89) September 3, 2015
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Just As You Hoped, Twitter Hijacks #FreeKimDavis

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