Rick Perry's piano recital and other wacky social media highlights from his campaign

On September 11th Rick Perry announced the suspension of his presidential campaign. To commemorate his brief effort, we’ve taken a quick look at his online activity since he announced his candidacy in early June.

Total tweets: 179 by Rick Perry, and 129 re-tweets
Total re-tweets received: 25,580
Total facebook posts: 265
Total facebook comments received: 4295
Total images posted: 216

Top keywords from facebook posts and tweets: perry2016, governorperry, perry, rick, governor, name, teamrickperry, sign, add, president, texas, america, day, stand, contribute, obama, border, agree, americans, gov, american, gopdebate, iowa, hillary, irandeal, life, help, statement, clinton, security

Top keywords from facebook comments: perry, rick, president, trump, texas, governor, country, obama, america, people, 2016, vote, god, time, stand, hillary, border, donald, support, american, republican, bless, job, love, americans, illegal, stop, thank, military, iran.

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Most poignant piano solo:

Most common phrase from Perry’s official YouTube videos (watch this super cut!):
http://www.youtube.com/embed/ogWhVMa0jCM

 
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