Boehner invites supporters to join 'Team Boehner'

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Wednesday launched Team Boehner, a new website designed to be a central location for his social media efforts focusing on the upcoming 2012 elections.

Boehner called the new effort “an innovative & grassroots oriented website [to] empower the people, not the [government]” at the new Twitter feed created for the website. “Our site will connect @JohnBoehner [with] the millions of Americans who understand that the bigger our [government] gets, the smaller its people become,” reads a subsequent tweet.

The initiative will reward participants who can earn points “after completing a number of specific actions including sharing videos and liking Team Boehner on Facebook.”

The website also promises to feature exclusive content, including policy updates and political strategy memos.

“Team Boehner members get the inside scoop on our efforts to secure freedom for the American people and fight for a smaller, less costly and more accountable government,” Boehner said in a video welcoming people to the site.

The website will cooperate with Boehner’s other fundraising efforts on behalf of House Republicans for 2012.

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