Rep. Kevin McCarthy and former Rep. Paul Ryan
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy went through the wringer to get nominated to his leadership position back in January. McCarthy had to reportedly capitulate to many of the most extreme far-right members of his party.
According to the Cybara report, the Twitter bots were active around that chaotic time and kept comparing McCarthy to former House Speaker Paul Ryan. A quarter of those conversations surrounding Ryan came from fake accounts, most of which were created all on the same day. The bots kept equating McCarthy to Ryan, with messages saying both were “the opposite of what we need.”
