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Fake Twitter Account Stirring News

DETROIT (WWJ) -Michigan budget director John Nixon doesn't have a Twitter account, but like Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, he's attracted a tweeter pretending to be him.

The FakeJohnNixon Twitter account started up last week and already has posted around 150 tweets.

The fake account notes that Nixon is Michigan's highest-paid state employee and is consuming Michigan's economy ``one big gargantuan bite at a time.'' It adds, ``Just call me Budget Crunch.''

There's also a FakeRickSnyder Twitter account on Gov. Rick Snyder with fewer posts.

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