Clinton vs. Trump kicks off with viral Twitter spat
Presidential rivals Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton offered a glimpse of the heated general election to come Thursday afternoon with a good old-fashioned Twitter war.
Trump started the exchange by going after “Crooked Hillary,” his preferred moniker for Clinton, after President Obama endorsed her earlier in the day.
Obama just endorsed Crooked Hillary. He wants four more years of Obama—but nobody else does!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2016
But it was Clinton who escalated it with an unexpected zinger.
Delete your account. https://t.co/Oa92sncRQY
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 9, 2016
About two hours later, Trump shot back.
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
By then, Clinton’s tweet had already gone viral. By late Thursday afternoon, it had been retweeted more than 200,000 times — more than anything else the presumptive Democratic nominee has ever tweeted. The spat also inspired some other political figures to jump in with their own one-liners — some funnier than others.
Too late for some of us. https://t.co/NgyzWsP9tN
— (((Anthony Weiner))) (@anthonyweiner) June 9, 2016
.@HillaryClinton If anyone knows how to use a delete key, it's you.
— Reince Priebus (@Reince) June 9, 2016
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