Quote from Clinton concession speech the most retweeted of the election
Twitter announced that the most retweeted tweet of the election cycle was a quote from Hillary Clinton’s concession speech.
{mosads}Twitter spokesman Nick Pacilio said the tweet from Clinton’s account was the most re-posted of the more than 1 billion tweets sent about the 2016 presidential election.
Of the more than 1 *billion* Tweets sent about #Election2016, this was the most RT’d: https://t.co/sYGBQjRFyC
— Nick Pacilio (@NickPacilio) November 18, 2016
“To all the little girls watching…never doubt that you are valuable and powerful & deserving of every chance & opportunity in the world,” she said.
Clinton’s quote was retweeted nearly 630,000 times as of Thursday evening.
“To all the little girls watching…never doubt that you are valuable and powerful & deserving of every chance & opportunity in the world.”
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 9, 2016
Clinton held the previous record as well.
The day before the election, Twitter said that Clinton’s tweet telling Donald Trump to delete his account was the most retweeted of the election.
That tweet had more than 556,000 retweets as of Thursday evening.
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