WALKER TWEETS PRESIDENT BID

WASHINGTON: Republican Scott Walker tweeted the obvious on Friday, that he is running for president in 2016, days ahead of his official announcement in Wisconsin. “Scott is in. Are you? Join our team today,” Mr Walker said in a tweet accompanied by an image of him waving with the headline, “Scott Walker is running for president. Join the team.” The tweet was later deleted. There was some question over whether Mr Walker’s tweet was inadvertently sent. A Twitter representative said in an emailed statement, “We’re looking into today’s issue, and we’ve determined the Walker team was not at fault.” Mr Walker, a two-term governor of Wisconsin, is to announce his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday in Waukesha, Wisconsin.