Jim Gilmore 2016: 10 Noteworthy Tweets About Potential GOP Presidential Hopeful

Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore hasn’t faded out of the public spotlight, as he recently announced that he “sure will look” at running for the Republican nomination ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Gilmore, currently the head of the conservative policy organization Free Congress Foundation, spoke Dec. 7, 2014 to a group of Virginia republicans and hinted that he had interest in running. Then on Jan. 7, 2015, he said on “The Steve Malzberg Show” that he was looking at the prospects.

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The Twitterverse reacted to his possible indications with mixed results, and here are 10 noteworthy tweets about Gilmore as a potential 2016 GOP presidential hopeful.

I had to google Jim Gilmore. I'm not sure whether that says more about me or Jim Gilmore, but here's something of his http://t.co/1QapK2M1aH

— JustinGreen∞ (@JGreenDC) February 2, 2015

Thank God Jim Gilmore addressed this universal concern -- "I'm not interested in running just to be a showboat" http://t.co/Bh2khYjWOk

— Ian Sams (@IanSams) January 29, 2015

At least Pataki had a national profile. I had completely forgotten who Jim Gilmore was.

— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) January 2, 2015

At least one person thinks Jim Gilmore has a presidential shot: Jim Gilmore. http://t.co/lrCAnQxQ9d https://t.co/nuUyQAkaNf

— A. Barton Hinkle (@ABartonHinkle) December 30, 2014

Video: Gotta love Republicans Part Infinity - Jim Gilmore holds up a freakin' AX, gets crowd chanting "ax the tax!" http://t.co/1JZKjYvybD

— lowkell (@lowkell) December 9, 2014

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Those five tweets certainly show that some people don’t seem to be taking Gilmore’s ideas of running with any seriousness. But there were also tweets that either touted some positives about him or stayed away from knocking his ideas or candidacy.

What is Jim Gilmore up to? http://t.co/GnFB6q9Wyg

— Lynn R. Mitchell (@swacgirl) December 30, 2014

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In which we thank Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jim Gilmore: For giving us a four-day weekend. http://t.co/PPL8qvvkjE

— mrfletcher (@mrfletcher) January 16, 2015

If you live in IL, please take this poll. I voted for former VA Gov. Jim Gilmore. http://t.co/J4ylcxkTCr

— Phil Collins (@PhilCollinsIL) February 1, 2015

In 2001, Va. Gov. Jim Gilmore retracted a “European-American history month” after learning David Duke was behind it. http://t.co/U3eVTZOFQ5

— daveweigel (@daveweigel) December 30, 2014

Iowa GOP chair Jeff Kaufmann on 2016: "I think Jim Gilmore's going to be a candidate."

— Toby Harnden (@tobyharnden) January 24, 2015

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