Donald Trump’s Twitter game may be a source of great engagement or amusement to many, but for Hillary Clinton, a three-word tweet aimed at her presumptive rival in the presidential election was enough to win the internet on Thursday.
Clinton, or some clever person on her staff, pulled out a tried and true Twitter shutdown, writing “Delete your account” after Trump had tweeted about President Obama endorsing Clinton.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/740972317191352320
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/740973710593654784
The Clinton jab has been retweeted 230,000 times and liked another 260,000 times in the four hours since it went out. The hashtag #DeleteYourAccount was trending. It took Trump 2 hours and 13 minutes to issue a reply, in which he asked Clinton how long it took to come up with her diss.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/741007091947556864
Comedian Samantha Bee helped Trump with the math and Twitter 101 by pointing out that tweets are time-stamped.
https://twitter.com/FullFrontalSamB/status/741022066502193153
The Verge pointed at a variety of tweets seizing on the political escapade of the day as the “delete your account” meme was suddenly thrust into the spotlight. The New York Times had to do a story.
https://twitter.com/amdhit/status/740983247392411648
https://twitter.com/johnjannuzzi/status/740980638438830084
A recent post by Fusion on the 10 best “delete your account” tweets of Twitter’s first 10 years was sure to need an update to include Clinton/Trump. Just ask Jeb Bush.
https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/699706718419345408
https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/699711656407003137
Trump’s line back at Clinton referencing her email scandal earned him plenty of support from his fans on Twitter. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus was among them.
https://twitter.com/Reince/status/740993607289688065
With months to go before the election, we’re in for a long summer of back and forth on Twitter and elsewhere. Right, Obama?
https://twitter.com/heykim/status/741012610112327681