But it isn’t just any cow — it claims to belong to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.). “Hanging out on the dairy in Iowa looking for the lil’ treasonous cowpoke,” reads the bio of the account “Devin Nunes’ cow,” which, as of early Tuesday, had nearly 45,000 followers. “People were targeting me.”Aside from Twitter and the cow account, the lawsuit names Liz Mair, a Republican political consultant, and another anonymous Twitter account known for mocking Nunes — “Devin Nunes’ Mom” — as defendants. Devin Nunes’ cow was still active as of early Tuesday, offering glib reactions to the lawsuit and retweeting supporters. “The case is not really well thought through,” Bickerton, who has practiced libel law for nearly 40 years, said of Nunes’s suit.

Source: Washington Post March 19, 2019 03:51 UTC