gov_tweets: 37689

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rowid		id	user	created_at	full_text	retweet_count	favorite_count	State	Abbreviation	Governor	Party	Handle
37689	37688	1206670742575812608	2891165960	2019-12-16T20:21:38+00:00	"Chuck Kasson has startled more than a few cyclists while practicing the hammer toss near a bike trail in the suburbs of Lincoln, Neb. He jokes it would be more alarming if he were also wearing a kilt..."https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-nebraskan-who-rules-the-scottish-highland-games-11568548802	2	10	Nebraska	NE	Pete Ricketts	R	GovRicketts