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About
#DropOutHillary is a social media hashtag urging the 2016 Democratic presidential primary candidate Hillary Clinton to suspend her campaign and concede the nomination to rival Bernie Sanders.
Origin
Throughout the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries, various critics of the front-runner candidate Hillary Clinton used the hashtag #DropOutHillary in tweets calling for her to abandon her presidential campaign. On May 4th, 2016, the hashtag began trending on Twitter[5] and Facebook[6] immediately after the Republican presidential primary Ted Cruz and John Kasich had suspended their campaigns, with many supporters of both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders calling for Clinton to do the same (shown below).
![@telesurenglish Tweet: The Oligarchy or the People PICK A SIDIE THE OLIGARGHY ORTHE PEOPLE WE WANT BERN Bernie teleSUR Englislh Follow telesuR @telesurenglish Pick a side #dropouthillary 8:25 PM 4 May 2016 γλ€ 713 871](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/116/057/0b0.jpg)
![@samhsarah Tweet: "Nope Noper" featuring Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton NOPE NOPER DEAR GOD, DON'T LET IT COME TO THIS Jersey Girl @samhsaran Follow Don't hold the American people hostage with bad and worse choices. #DropoutHillary 7:42 PM - 4 May 2016 Bayville, NJ, United States γ 809 1,098](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/116/056/425.jpg)
![Bernie Dancing GIF GIF Veronica McKay @McKayVeronica Follow when #DropoutHillary and #DropOutTrump are the most popular trends on Twitter rn pic.twitter.com/sDtahwmKKA 8:43 PM-4 May 2016 Coventry, RI, United States γ λ€ 991 ,1,398](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/116/055/106.jpg)
Spread
That day, the news site Blue Nation Review[2] published an article titled "Despicable #DropOutHillary Hashtag: Only a Female Front Runner Would be Told to Drop Out," which accused the online campaign of being fueled by sexism. By the end of the day, The Inquisitr[7] reported that nearly 100,000 tweets containing the hashtag had been posted on the microblogging site. The article subsequently reached the front page of the /r/politics[3] subreddit, where it gained upwards of 11,900 votes (65% upvoted) and 3,600 comments within 24 hours. By May 5th, the hashtag had been tweeted over 475,000 times.[4] In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the trending hashtag, including Vox,[8] RT,[9] TheGatewayPundit[10] and Salon.[11]
Various Examples
![@CassandraRules Kermit Drinking Tea Tweet TSAMAZING THATALL THE VOTING IRREGULARITIES IN THIS ELECTION SO FAR HAVE BEEN TO THE BENEFIT OFA SINGLE CANDIDATE EVERY TIME I'M SURE THAT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE, THOUGH. imgilip.com Cassandra Fairbanks @CassandraRules Follow #DropoutHillary trending on Twitter gives me life. 12:22 PM - 4 May 2016 γλ€ 747 1,185](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/116/061/02b.jpg)
![@Farmers4Bernie Tweet A FUTURE FolloW Farmers for Bernie @Farmers4Bernie Only Bernie has enthusiastic support from the young voters and independents needed to beat Trump#DropoutHillary 1:22 PM - 4 May 2016 γλ€ 135 171](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/116/064/25c.jpg)
![@tennisballboy tweet: The Lion King "Dad What is the Lesser of Two Evils?" DAD WHAT IS THE LESSER OFTWO EVILS? IDONT KNOW SON, WE RE VOTING FOR SANDERS! ngfip.com tennisballboy @tennisballboy5 Follow 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 #DropoutHillary 7:04 PM 4 May 2016 γλ€ 360 614](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/116/059/5cb.jpg)
![@andsat tweet: Fighting for Banks Fighting for banks. iwilllookintoit.com Andrew Saturn @andsat Follow #DropOutHillary Because banks are not people, senators shouldn't "represent Wall Street." #FeelTheBern 4:19 AM - 5 May 2016 Seattle, WA, United States λ€ 62 83](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/116/058/089.jpg)
![@saracohennyc tweet Has your candidate released their Wall St. speech transcripts, yet? #releasethetranscripts Nothing to release. Has not made secret too many promises to speeches to Wall St. speeches to Wall S Refuses to release transcripts. Contain Nothing to release. Has not made secret Wall St. Execs. Bernie Sara Cohen Follow @saracohennyc Didn't she say she would release them when the other candidates did. #releasethetranscripts #DropOutHillary 12:27 PM - 5 May 2016 Brooklyn, NY, United States γλ€ 452 510](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/116/052/fe1.jpg)
![Zach Haller Tweet These countries donated to Hillary Clinton's foundation: CB 30000003 D B2 Saudi Arabia $10 million- $25 million Qatar $1 million $5 million United Arab Emirates Morocco $1 million $5 million $1 milion $5 million Algeria Kuwait Bahrain $250,000 Oman $1 million $5 million $5 million $10 million $100,000 8500,000 Then, Hillary Clinton's State Department approved these countries' weapons deals. Zach Haller @zachhaller Follow Americans will NEVER elect a straight up WAR PROFITEER #DropoutHillary, your battleship is sunk. 11:14 AM 4 May 2016 γλ€ 653ι719](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/116/062/06d.jpg)
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External References
[1] Twitter β @Honest_Hillary
[2] Blue Nation Review β Despicable DropOutHillary Hashtag
[3] Reddit β Drop Out Hillary
[4] Twitter β @OhioGanja
[5] Twitter β #DropOutHillary
[6] Facebook β #DropOutHillary
[7] Inquisitr β Drop Out Hillary
[8] Vox β #DropOutHillary is a sign the race is winding down for Bernie Sanders
[9] RT β #DropOutHillary Twitter blows up with anti-Clinton tirade
[10] TheGatewayPundit β #DropOutHillary Hashtag Goes Viral On Twitter
[11] Salon β Drop out Hillary
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Top Comments
ActivistZero
May 05, 2016 at 07:32PM EDT
Emperor Wahs!
May 05, 2016 at 07:13PM EDT