it was pretty normal in English prior to about 1800. Certain transcriptions of George Washington's speech contain this usage, for example.
Nunes' tweet wasn't ungramatical… but it's in an outdated style of English that we no longer encounter in everyday conversation.
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Banks of the Sweet Primroses
Fairport Convention
Traditional
As I walked out on a midsummer's morning
For to view the fields and to take the air
Down by the banks of the sweet primroses
There I beheld a most love lie fair…