President Barack Obama takes the tweet of the hear in the politics and government topic with his famous #LoveWins tag. The top tweets in this topic were released by Twitter this week, and the results are not surprising at all.
The Democratic Party Politicians Including Obama Take All the Top Spots
Both Obama’s Organizing for Action nonprofit and his official account got the top three spots. The ranking was made by measuring the number of retweets, and the president ranked 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 16th, 22nd and 24th place. In 5th place, surprisingly enough, sits Edward Snowden’s first tweet, which read: ‘Can you hear me now?’
Hilary Clinton also took one of the top spots. The tweet where she announced that she was running for president had 101,000 retweets. She was followed by fellow presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders, in his tweet were he referred to Republicans as ‘out of touch’. His tweet was retweeted 32,000 times.
Republicans Get the Duller Side of the Spotlight
The next major politician in the ranking was Jeb Bush, with his famous ‘Sorry Mom’ tweet. This went live right after he spoke about using marijuana at the GOP debate on September 16th. It was retweeted 30,000 times.
The natural runner-up is Donald Trump, who has become an internet jester since he announced that he was running. He received 17,000 retweets for a one of series of live-tweets that he posted during the Democratic debate on October 13th. The specific tweet read ‘illegal immigrants will be given Obamacare and free college tuition but nothing has been mentioned about our VETERANS.’ As if he’s said or done anything helpful his entire run. Ted Cruz capped at 13,000 retweets for a video announcement.
Wake Up America: Trump Is Not A Joke Anymore
Since the beginning of the presidential campaigns for the 2016 elections, Donald Trump has been seen as a joke. The media has taken serious advantage of this, and his coverage has been massive. It’s safe to say it’s not a joke anymore. There are some serious things to be considered if he turns out to be a serious competitor to be the next American President. Even the GOP themselves have declared that Trump does not stand for the Party’s values, but for his own.
