Presidential candidates have been arguing and debating for votes and support for years. They, usually, will debate in person in front of thousands and a mediator...usually. That's the normal. Or, the candidates will give speeches in person in front of thousands (minus the mediator) about what makes them greater than their opponent. This election is different.
There are a multitude of things that are different about this election. It is the first time a woman is the nominee for a major party. It is the first time a non-politician is the nominee for a major party. It is the first time that both of the nominees were once supporters of their opposing party, and everyone knew about it. Also, it's the first time the nominees subtweeted each other.
Subtweet (v.) : when a 13 year old gets mad and tweets something angry about anything, without directly naming what they are mad about. Like when Ashley's boyfriend breaks up with her and dates her best friend, and in response, Ashley tweets something like, "Wow, some people don't respect others," or something of the sort.
Yep. Our two presidential candidates are subtweeting each other. Of course, the debates and the speeches still happen, but those are normally at a certain time and place. With tweeting, you can do it anywhere and anytime, like Hillary and Trump do. What's worse is that they are both in charge of their own accounts, unlike most elected officials or famous people, who have a team that tweet tweets for them. This means that all of their bantering and childish tendencies are completely from them.
Sometimes, they don't even care to subtweet. They will just talk horribly about their opponent and just tag them in the tweet, which may be even worse. Most of the time, it has nothing to do with being president. They are simply trying to make the other look horrible so people do not vote for them, even if it is irrelevant.
Look, I'm an avid tweeter. I've subtweeted a few times, and I'm ashamed of it, but sometimes you need to call someone out without being too direct. But I'm an 18 year old girl whose thoughts, plans, and life aren't broadcasted on every news outlet for the world to see. No one cares that I do those things and it certainly doesn't hurt me in a professional way.
However, these are the presidential nominees. These are not people just running for president that dropped out two months in (cough, half of the Republican candidates). These are the the two that will be on the ballots in November. Really, America?
Let's look at some tweets, in case you don't quite understand how childish this is.
Tweet Number 1: "FACT: No major company has filed for Chapter 11 more often in the last 30 years than @realdonaldtrump's casinos." - @hillaryclinton
Here we see Hillary just calling out Trump for filing for bankruptcy. What does this have to do with being president? The country is already trillions of dollars in debt, does she think he will cause the US to file for bankruptcy? That's not even possible. Let's not vote for somebody just because they filed for bankruptcy on casinos.
Tweet Number 2: "Clinton made a false ad about me where I was imitating a reporter GROVELING after he changed his story. I would NEVER mock the disabled. Shame!" -@realdonaldtrump
Well, he did mock a disabled reporter, there is video proof of that. However, here we are again looking at a tweet that has nothing to do with being president, and is more about bashing the opponent to make themselves look great again (pun intended).
Tweet Number 3: "Donald Trump says he's 'the real friend' of the LGBT community. Yeah, no." -@hillaryclinton
This is literally something I would tweet. It has no facts to support it, and uses a phrase that younger people use when they have no facts. I use it. Presidential candidates should not use it. Appealing to a younger crowd does not mean using their slang. It honestly it just weird. I'll go into that more on a later tweet.
Tweet Number 4: "Obama just endorsed Crooked Hillary. He wants four more years of Obama-- nobody else does!" -@realdonaldtrump
This tweet caused the tweet that basically broke the Internet. Hillary then quoted this tweet and said, "Delete your account."
"Delete your account" is a phrase that younger people typically use when they're upset with something that someone said, or tweeted. I may or may not have almost deleted my account when I saw that Hillary was using this as an "effective" jab at Trump. I know I'm not the only person who views this as the most childish way of arguing, but it has since been retweeted almost 500,000 times. People use the term "iconic" to describe this tweet. I don't understand those people.
Trump's response to this tweet was, "How long did it take your staff of 823 people to think that up--and where are your 33,000 emails that you deleted?". He quoted her tweet of his quoted tweet and tweeted that out (read that again).
The amount of times I have typed out "tweet" or "Twitter" in this article disturbs me, especially since I am talking about our next president. Of course, it is somewhat entertaining, but I would rather have a good president than an entertaining one.
We have another chance, though, in four years, everyone! Let's try and elect someone who is less tech savvy and is more president savvy. We don't want a president who subtweets other nations they're mad at because they didn't sign a contract with us, or one who directly tweets at a news outlet who posted a false report about them.
Next time, let's elect a president who is charismatic and mature and handles all of their arguments and debates responsibly, diplomatically, and kindly.
Let's hope these next four years don't ruin us completely.






















