It appears that users have taken issue with the 2016 Democratic candidate’s pointed criticism of her rival, Senator Bernie Sanders, and his supporters. She has…
People have been taking to Twitter en masse to tell Hillary Clinton to button it.
#STFUHillary was the second most trending US hashtag on the platform – rivalled only by #UFC250 – on Sunday morning.
It appears that the trend took off after some self-described Bernie Sanders supporters came by a Friday tweet by the Los Angeles Times, which brought up Clinton’s past scathing comments about the Vermont senator.
LOL #STFUHillary is trending, keep it trending, folks! pic.twitter.com/tTjl0i3Uf1
In Hulu’s docuseries ‘Hillary’, which premiered in January, the former secretary of state criticised Sanders as a “career politician”, claiming that “nobody likes” him and that he “got nothing done” during his years in Congress.
The comments sparked a controversy, given that Sanders was a front-runner in the presidential race at the time, but Clinton stood by them.
She told in an interview to the LA Times that Sanders supporters were being “relentless” and “ruthless” toward her and her camp four years ago, and accused the senator of turning a blind eye to their aggression.
