After Obama endorsed presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump complained over Twitter that the president "wants four more years of Obama — but nobody else does!" Then, Clinton retweeted him, adding the phrase "delete your account." What does this mean?
"Delete your account" is a way to throw shade at people, especially politicians, who are out of touch, according to Fusion. It conveys that they are so irrelevant, they shouldn't even be on Twitter.
Delete your account. https://t.co/Oa92sncRQY
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 9, 2016
For example, it's what Edward Snowden tweeted at Jeb Bush after he shared a photo of a gun along with the word "America."
Delete your account. https://t.co/UT19AT3Qyg
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) February 16, 2016
Rand Paul got hit with the phrase when he tried to criticize Obamacare and executive amnesty in the form of a fake text conversation.
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delete your account @SenRandPaul
— libby watson (@libbycwatson) November 21, 2014
Times Square Ball got the "delete your account" treatment for a very untactful #BlackLivesMatter reference.
Delete your account pic.twitter.com/x5pQJabZoO
— Prof. tronc tronc (@ProfJeffJarviss) January 1, 2016
Blogger Matt Walsh got it for this insensitive comment about rape.
Please delete your account https://t.co/MoL4AtsWN8
— freckles ☔️ (@frecklesnlove) June 9, 2016
Since Clinton adopted it, the meme's caught on and started trending on Twitter.
Hillary made "delete your account" trend worldwide. Well played.
— deray mckesson (@deray) June 9, 2016
But given how much he loves his Twitter rants, Trump probably won't be deleting his account any time soon.
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