Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's most popular tweets of 2016
Some people have declared this the great Twitter election of 2016, and it’s hard to disagree.
With one candidate notorious for his 3 a.m. tweet-storms and another who has been known to release minutes-long videos slamming her opponent, one thing is clear: Twitter played a big role in this election.
In fact, the top two tweets the candidates posted this year are a back and forth disagreement between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton over whether or not Trump should delete his account.
Between the retweets, insults and rants, Twitter users have had quite the show this election.
Together, Trump (with 13 million) and Clinton (with 10.2 million) have a total of 23.2 million followers.
Let’s take a look back at some of the most popular tweets of the year.
Donald Trump’s top 5 tweets of 2016:
1. Trump slams Clinton after the Democratic nominee tells him to “delete your account” on Twitter.
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
2. A day after Trump’s wife, Melania, was accused of plagiarizing Michelle Obama in her her speech at the 2016 Republican convention, the GOP nominee fires back.
The media is spending more time doing a forensic analysis of Melania's speech than the FBI spent on Hillary's emails.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 20, 2016
3. The taco bowl tweet was the talk of Twitter in May after Trump tweeted a photo of himself digging into a Trump Tower taco bowl, wishing his followers a “Happy #CincoDeMayo!” and declaring “I love Hispanics!”
Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics! https://t.co/ufoTeQd8yA pic.twitter.com/k01Mc6CuDI
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2016
4. “I never said I’m a perfect person”: Trump issues a late-night statement on Twitter apologizing for the 2005 conversation with Billy Bush where he was caught on tape boasting about grabbing, kissing, and trying to have sex with women.
Here is my statement. pic.twitter.com/WAZiGoQqMQ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2016
5. Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again!” is a hit with supporters.
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s top 5 tweets of 2016:
1. Minutes after President Barack Obama endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, Trump couldn’t help but weigh in on Twitter: “Obama just endorsed Crooked Hillary. He wants four more years of Obama — but nobody else does!” Clinton fires back, “Delete your account.”
Delete your account. https://t.co/Oa92sncRQY
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 9, 2016
2. While fact-checking the first presidential debate, Clinton’s campaign team digs into the archives to uncover a statement Trump made on climate change back in 2012, backing up her claim that Trump believes climate change is a “hoax.”
"I never said that." —Donald Trump, who said that. #debatenight https://t.co/6T8qV2HCbL
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 27, 2016
3. The Clinton campaign asks supporters to show that they’re standing with her on the night of the first presidential debate.
RT this if you're proud to be standing with Hillary tonight. #debatenight pic.twitter.com/91tBmKxVMs
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 27, 2016
4. The introduction of Alicia Machado. Hillary Clinton releases a video of former Miss Universe Alicia Machado to highlight Trump’s problems with women. “One of the worst things he said was about a woman in a beauty contest — he loves beauty contests, supporting them and hanging around them — and he called this woman ‘Miss Piggy,’ then he called her ‘Miss Housekeeping’ because she was Latina,” said Clinton during the first presidential debate.
Donald Trump called her "Miss Piggy" and "Miss Housekeeping."
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 27, 2016
Her name is Alicia Machado. #DebateNight pic.twitter.com/0wrISjJe6z
5. Clinton posts a video containing “Access Hollywood” footage from 2005 that shows Trump making lewd comments about women, along with a message urging women to vote.
Women have the power to stop Trump.https://t.co/tTgeqy51PUhttps://t.co/VH3woeAf9Q pic.twitter.com/NjvbkPsjPR
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 7, 2016
Source: Twitonomy