- #ResignKenney trended on Twitter Saturday, after the premier failed to lay out consequences for UCP MLAs and staffers who have recently travelled internationally. Premier Jason Kenney will not.
- On Twitter, Jason Kenney is often confused with Alberta’s premier. You see, the man from Richmond, Virginia has the same name as the prominent Alberta politician. Premier Jason Kenney holds the Twitter handle @jkenney, while the other Jason Kenney from America is @jasonkenney.
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Jason Kenney takes lots of flak on Twitter for being Jason Kenney. Photo courtesy of Jason Kenney
‘I’ve been a very absent premier.’
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By HADEEL ABDEL-NABI
Back in June, as I was zombie-scrolling through my Twitter feed (and feeling crushed by, you know.. everything), something stopped me.
It was a tweet from Jason Kenney.
I was pretty zoned out, so it took me a few seconds to realize that it wasn’t from that Jason Kenney (@jkenney), but from another one (@jasonkenney).
When I looked at his profile, there were dozens of other Alberta-themed tweets.
I had many questions: Who was this alternate-reality Kenney? Why did he know so much about Alberta politics? Was he coming to save us?
This week I finally got the chance to speak with him to understand a little more about the man behind the (infamous) Twitter handle.
We should probably establish that you are not, in fact, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney.
As far as I know.. No. And if I am, I apologize, I've been a very absent premier.
Tell me a little bit about you—the Jason Kenney we wish we had.
I'm based in the United States—Richmond, Virginia, in particular. So I have nothing to do with Canadian politics. I used to do some communication and consultant work for politics here in the States and in Virginia and for local elections. But that was a while ago. I got out of the political arena as a paid gig, but it's still something I pay attention to.
How did you get swept up in all of this?
Operating systems for mac. In March of 2007, when this brand-new-fangled thing called Twitter was rolling out, I jumped on and snagged the Jason Kenney handle.
I had jasonkenney@hotmail.com and got a random email from the sweet old lady who wanted to thank me for speaking at their church. And I, for the life of me, couldn't remember doing that. And that's kinda like the first inkling that it's like, 'Oh, there's somebody else out there with my name.'
A couple of years later, I got an email about what a great job I did at the Tasty Freeze. And it seems there's another Jason Kenney (spelled the same way) who is a musician in Georgia.
So it's not just a Canadian politician.
Jason Kenney takes lots of flak on Twitter for being Jason Kenney. Photo courtesy of Jason Kenney
‘I’ve been a very absent premier.’
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By HADEEL ABDEL-NABI
Back in June, as I was zombie-scrolling through my Twitter feed (and feeling crushed by, you know.. everything), something stopped me.
It was a tweet from Jason Kenney.
I was pretty zoned out, so it took me a few seconds to realize that it wasn’t from that Jason Kenney (@jkenney), but from another one (@jasonkenney).
When I looked at his profile, there were dozens of other Alberta-themed tweets.
I had many questions: Who was this alternate-reality Kenney? Why did he know so much about Alberta politics? Was he coming to save us?
This week I finally got the chance to speak with him to understand a little more about the man behind the (infamous) Twitter handle.
We should probably establish that you are not, in fact, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney.
As far as I know.. No. And if I am, I apologize, I've been a very absent premier.
Tell me a little bit about you—the Jason Kenney we wish we had. Must have for mac os x.
I'm based in the United States—Richmond, Virginia, in particular. So I have nothing to do with Canadian politics. I used to do some communication and consultant work for politics here in the States and in Virginia and for local elections. But that was a while ago. I got out of the political arena as a paid gig, but it's still something I pay attention to.
How did you get swept up in all of this?
In March of 2007, when this brand-new-fangled thing called Twitter was rolling out, I jumped on and snagged the Jason Kenney handle.
I had jasonkenney@hotmail.com and got a random email from the sweet old lady who wanted to thank me for speaking at their church. And I, for the life of me, couldn't remember doing that. And that's kinda like the first inkling that it's like, 'Oh, there's somebody else out there with my name.'
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A couple of years later, I got an email about what a great job I did at the Tasty Freeze. And it seems there's another Jason Kenney (spelled the same way) who is a musician in Georgia.
So it's not just a Canadian politician.
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