After President Obama endorsed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) to succeed him as President, Donald Trump (R-N.Y.) was quick to dismiss them both. As usual, he indulged in name calling and referred to her as “Crooked Hillary.”
Obama just endorsed Crooked Hillary. He wants four more years of Obama—but nobody else does!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2016
This time Clinton confidently dismissed him by simply writing “Delete your account,” a statement which immediately went viral.
Delete your account. https://t.co/Oa92sncRQY
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 9, 2016
Occupy Democrats reported 130,000 retweets in only a few hours, and one day later Clinton’s tweet has been shared a staggering 392,000 times.
A large number of hilarious GIFs surfaced in response to Clinton’s tweet.
@realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/PRp3vYg35R
— Brandon Shaw (@Shawzyy) June 10, 2016
.@HillaryClinton @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/cjpjT5AKUH
— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) June 9, 2016
@HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/J2ElokcK3f
— PopWrapped (@PopWrapped) June 10, 2016
@_CillaW @HillaryClinton @realDonaldTrump
Hillary with the smack down! pic.twitter.com/NgGoMNJw8T— J ™ (@dryfter_) June 9, 2016
New York Times noted that Clinton’s tweet was most likely written and sent by her campaign staff, and the phrase “Delete your account” has a long history as a dismissive rejoinder,
“It translates roughly as ’Your tweet or opinion is so bad that you should be immediately disqualified from further participation on the platform.’”
Muhammad Ali WAS a racist who repented. Trump ISN’T a racist but needs a more tolerant tune.
My new column: https://t.co/puRGMZSgjF— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 6, 2016
Delete your account. https://t.co/timoVvZw6e
— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) June 9, 2016
But Clinton also got slammed for her “Delete-tweet,” as some drew parallels to her deleting emails.
.@HillaryClinton If anyone knows how to use a delete key, it's you.
— Reince Priebus (@Reince) June 9, 2016
Regardless, Trump’s tweet, which started the twitter duel, was shared only 31,000 times. If this is any indication of popularity, the future is looking very bright for Hillary Clinton.
Featured image screengrab of Hillary Clinton’s Twitter account.
