Calgary's Mayor Nenshi loves social media. He just isn't too good at it.

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi doesn't like it when people re-tweet something that is critical of him.

Nenshi takes a cheap shot at Alan Hallman:

@abkia indeed. How'd your candidate do again? When was the last time you won anything? 1992? That was cool.
— Naheed Nenshi (@nenshi) October 21, 2013

He gets called out on it by "Conservative Hippy":

.@nenshi seriously as mayor how can you talk to people that way?  What are you twelve?  #classy @abkia
— Conservative Hippy (@Conser_Hippy) October 21, 2013

Sheila Gunn Reid (SGR) re-tweets it in it's entirety and without edit. Mayor Nenshi attacks SGR and not the actual author of the tweet. (BTW: Sheila was not the only one to re-tweet that tweet, but she was the only one Nenshi went after)

@SheilaGunnReid I'm glad for the lecture on staying classy. Perhaps Alan will take your advice too.
— Naheed Nenshi (@nenshi) October 21, 2013

 

Nenshi acknowledges that it was not SGR who wrote the tweet and doubles down with another uncalled for shot on SGR.

@SheilaGunnReid sorry, it was an RT from you. Resident of NE Alberta have nothing better to do than RT things about Calgary?
— Naheed Nenshi (@nenshi) October 21, 2013

Calgary's mayor looks petty and hilarity ensues:

I'm thinking Nenshi must have just got some ward polling results. Seems grumpy. #yycvote @SheilaGunnReid
— Jane Morgan (@Jaanikka) October 21, 2013

@SheilaGunnReid @JamesSwertz @nenshi maybe he DOES need a lecture on class then. You go girl! hahaha! #stayclassy
— Brenda in BC (@Brenda_inBC) October 21, 2013

@LeighPatrick @SheilaGunnReid Someone just started a parody account of the mayor of Calgary. Here's the link -----> @nenshi
— Mike Hansen (@MikeHansen613) October 21, 2013

As does the truth:

Calgary mayor @nenshi is by far the thinnest skinned politician in Canada https://t.co/8jym4SG1hS
— Dean Skoreyko (@bcbluecon) October 21, 2013

You mean that this isn't the way that all big city mayors act on the eve of an election?