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Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
14. Here ya go:
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 05:36 PM
Jun 2016

This explains it: http://www.vox.com/2016/6/9/11895658/clinton-trump-twitter

"Delete your account" is a pretty standard joke tweet, especially in political and media Twitter (which both the people writing "Hillary Clinton"'s tweets, and the people reading them in the middle of a Thursday afternoon, are likely to be familiar with). But this is a well-executed iteration of it.

You don't tweet "delete your account" in response to an outrageous or offensive tweet, because it's not a serious demand. So many of the things that Trump tweets (or retweets) wouldn't be appropriate targets. Rather, "delete your account" is used when someone has tried to be funny on Twitter — for example, by attempting to land a sick burn — and failed.

That's a pretty good description of Trump's tweet. "Crooked Hillary" was never his best nickname, and it's not enough to carry a whole tweet. And the "nobody else does" joke, while it plays okay to his base, isn't his strongest material — Obama is a pretty popular president, and way more people hate Clinton than hate Obama.

The other reason this is funny, of course, is that it might actually be a good idea for Donald Trump to delete his Twitter account.


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Don't feel bad. I don't DO Twitter and didn't get it at first either! LOL!

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As in so many other things, Hillary works to improve her shortcomings. forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #1
K & R SunSeeker Jun 2016 #2
So... I saw the ugly tweet from DT.. so her tweet to him Cha Jun 2016 #3
Gotta love her~ sheshe2 Jun 2016 #4
Pleasure! Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #5
How about, "We are deleting you." LiberalFighter Jun 2016 #6
I missed it -- wth did the Trumpster tweet? I like the response, regardless! Hekate Jun 2016 #7
Here it is. grossproffit Jun 2016 #8
Thanks! SMH Hekate Jun 2016 #11
Something something obama something something crooked Her Sister Jun 2016 #9
200k retweets for Hillary and only 15k for Trump. grossproffit Jun 2016 #10
K&R! She's GOT THIS, lol! Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #12
Can someone explain it to me? johnp3907 Jun 2016 #13
Here ya go: Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #14
Ah, thanks! johnp3907 Jun 2016 #15
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