The most retweeted tweet of campaign? Clinton telling Trump to ‘delete your account’
Twitter announced Monday that the most retweeted tweet this election cycle was from Hillary Clinton, who told Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in June to delete his account.
Delete your account. https://t.co/Oa92sncRQY
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 9, 2016
{mosads}Her tweet was in response to a post from Trump that denounced President Obama’s endorsement of Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee.
Twitter also shared both candidates’ top three most retweeted tweets ever, which included Clinton’s “Delete your account” tweet and five others.
“I never said that.” —Donald Trump, who said that. #debatenight https://t.co/6T8qV2HCbL
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 27, 2016
I’m running for president. Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion. –H https://t.co/w8Hoe1pbtC
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 12, 2015
How long did it take your staff of 823 people to think that up–and where are your 33,000 emails that you deleted? https://t.co/gECLNtQizQ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2016
The media is spending more time doing a forensic analysis of Melania’s speech than the FBI spent on Hillary’s emails.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 20, 2016
The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2012
Some observers have dubbed the 2016 race the “Twitter election” due to the large amount of political discourse on Twitter and the back-and-forth between candidates and other politicians.
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