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Related: About this forumHillary Supporters Got Yesterday's Hashtag Hijacked and It Is Hilarious
Hillary Clinton supporters started the hashtag #HillarySoQualified in support of their candidate on Wednesday night. In a hilarious turn of events, Bernie Sanders supporters hijacked the hashtag and made it a top national trend.
The initial slew of tweets from Clinton voters were echoing support of the former Secretary of States attack on Sanders, questioning his qualifications to be president. Sanders hit back, saying Clinton was not qualified to be president based on her support for the Iraq War as Senator, for pushing free trade agreements like the Panama trade pact as Secretary of State, and for her reliance on campaign contributions from the wealthy elite.
Clinton supporters started the hashtag shortly after Sanders retort began spreading on social media, and boasted of Clintons endorsements from establishment political figures and media, and of her foreign policy experience.
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Gosztola was proven correct. Close to midnight Eastern Time, the hashtag was suddenly flooded with tweets from Sanders supporters pointing out the darker parts of Hillary Clintons record as First Lady, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State.
Twitter users mentioned Clintons role in dismantling the social safety net for working families in Arkansas, signing off on hundreds of billions worth of weapons sales to cruel dictatorships, her candid support of the Iraq War, her past remarks referring to black youth as super-predators, and her top-dollar speeches to Goldman Sachs:
The initial slew of tweets from Clinton voters were echoing support of the former Secretary of States attack on Sanders, questioning his qualifications to be president. Sanders hit back, saying Clinton was not qualified to be president based on her support for the Iraq War as Senator, for pushing free trade agreements like the Panama trade pact as Secretary of State, and for her reliance on campaign contributions from the wealthy elite.
Clinton supporters started the hashtag shortly after Sanders retort began spreading on social media, and boasted of Clintons endorsements from establishment political figures and media, and of her foreign policy experience.
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Gosztola was proven correct. Close to midnight Eastern Time, the hashtag was suddenly flooded with tweets from Sanders supporters pointing out the darker parts of Hillary Clintons record as First Lady, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State.
Twitter users mentioned Clintons role in dismantling the social safety net for working families in Arkansas, signing off on hundreds of billions worth of weapons sales to cruel dictatorships, her candid support of the Iraq War, her past remarks referring to black youth as super-predators, and her top-dollar speeches to Goldman Sachs:
http://usuncut.com/politics/hillary-clinton-supporters-just-got-their-hashtag-hijacked-and-it-is-hilarious/
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Hillary Supporters Got Yesterday's Hashtag Hijacked and It Is Hilarious (Original Post)
GreatGazoo
Apr 2016
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Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)1. The second graph says everything
We need to know about Hillary & why she cannot be elecTed president.
Baobab
(4,667 posts)4. #HillarySoQualified she is the first presidential candidate to ever be disliked by an entire generat
#HillarySoQualified she is the first presidential candidate to ever be disliked by an entire generation.
Kittycat
(10,493 posts)2. That second image is what terrifies me the most!
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)6. and she says it like it is such a great thing
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)3. K&R
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)5. #HillarySoQualified
She can take two positions on every issue.