#DropOutHillary: Twitter blows up with anti-Clinton tirade
In light of two GOP candidates dropping out of the presidential race, the Twitter community is calling on Democrat Hillary Clinton to follow suit. The hashtag #DropOutHillary has skyrocketed to No.1 in US trends, spewing funny memes and mockery.
Thursday evening saw over 300,000 tweets – and the number keeps growing! – demanding that the Democratic frontrunner bow out of the White House race.
When you see that #DropOutHillary has 250k tweets. pic.twitter.com/AMnb3GlpLP
— King Kunta (@LiberianKing_) May 5, 2016
Reading these #DropOutHillary tweets like pic.twitter.com/qpCbClJ608
— Ryan Whitaker (@Ryan_018_) May 5, 2016
Hillary-haters and Sanders’ supporters alike had their barbs out to skewer the presidential hopeful a day after she lost Indiana to the Vermont Senator.
Pick a side ... #dropouthillarypic.twitter.com/LHK1lC7oDi
— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) May 5, 2016
I'd rather vote 4 what I want and get none of it, then what I don't want and get a whole lot of it #DropOutHillarypic.twitter.com/PUQO3m5NcZ
— tennisballboy (@tennisballboy5) May 4, 2016
From brief tweets to animated GIFs, videos, and pictures, people expressed their glee with the fact that the hashtag was topping trends across the US.
Don't hold the American people hostage with bad and worse choices. #DropOutHillarypic.twitter.com/K1YGbMQcXI
— Jersey Girl (@samhsarah) May 4, 2016
Payback for Patriot Act Internet, email, smart phone, video surveillance of 99% of us #DropOutHillarypic.twitter.com/WdsYMF9sOg
— Tom Glover (@BigSkyDem) May 5, 2016
Clinton could at least take solace from the fact that the hashtags #DropOutTrump and #DropTrump, adopted for her main rival, now-presumed GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, are also trending, although not as fiercely.
If Trumps win we all lose #DumpTrumppic.twitter.com/FhxrOSy6mQ
— Vince Lattanzi (@vince_lattanzi) May 5, 2016
when #DropOutHillary and #DropOutTrump are the most popular trends on Twitter rn pic.twitter.com/sDtahwmKkA
— Veronica McKay (@McKayVeronica) May 5, 2016
#DropOutBernie now at 24k tweets. #DropOutHillary now at 240k tweets.
— Rob Landeros (@roblanderos) May 4, 2016