#TrumpGirlsBreakTheInternet
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About
#TrumpGirlsBreakTheInternet is a social media hashtag featuring photographs of women wearing Donald Trump presidential campaign merchandise to show their support for the 2016 Republican presidential candidate. After the tweets began surfacing in late June 2016, opponents of the Trump campaign began hijacking the hashtag with posts insulting his female supporters.
Origin
On June 25th, 2016, The Wall Street Journal[1] released poll results reporting that Hillary Clinton held a 17-point lead among women over Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election. That day, the @Bakedalaska[3] Twitter feed shared a photo of a young woman wearing a ""Make America Great Again"": hat with the hashtag "#TrumpGirlsBreakTheInternet" (shown below). Within four days, the tweet gained over 3,000 likes and 1,000 retweets.
![Baked Alaska Tweet Baked Alaska TM Follow .c @bakedalaska #TrumpGirlsBreakThe Internet RETWEETS LIKES 1,089 3,058 g i.s@sa.#츄:氡 9:11 PM -25 Jun 2016 1.1K 3.1K](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/141/756/57a.jpg)
Precursor: Babes For Trump
On March 23rd, 2016, the @BabesForTrump[2] Instagram feed was launched, featuring photographs of young women wearing Trump campaign merchandise (shown below). Within three months, the feed gathered upwards of 7,400 followers.
![Babes For Trump Instagram babesfortrump Follow]。。。 Babes For Trump Making America Great Again One Babe At A Time DM For Feature-Not Affiliated w/ Donald Trump. β Snapchat: Babes4Trump Twitter: @BabesForTrump teespring.com/babes-for-trump- shirts#pid=369&cid=6512&sid-front 105 posts 7,475 followers 1,640 following MAKE AMTIC GREAT AGAD Babes For Trump MIADA T AKB GREATA](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/141/754/6aa.jpg)
Spread
The following day, other Twitter users began posting the hashtag[5] along with photographs of female Trump supporters (shown below).
![Sarah Hagmayer Tweet Sarah Hagmayer @shagmayer2 Followw A liberal told me to get a nose job, but l'd rather build a wall then fix a bridge #TrumpGirlsBreakThe|nternet TRUM P HEA MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! RETWEETS LIKES Tedl 9:52 PM 26 Jun 2016](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/141/760/a06.jpg)
![@IamQueenAri Tweet ariana rowlands曾@iamQueenA-Jun 26 eople to he aise songof globalism." #TrumpGirlsBreakTh eInternet 230 621](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/141/762/4cd.jpg)
![@RubberBlon Tweet RubberBlon™ @RubberBlon. Jun 26 #TrumpGirlsBreakTheInternet-@ Beach photophraher works for free..nice angle yo.. !! RUMP AKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! io 175 361](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/141/764/b15.jpg)
Also on June 26th, Twitter user @MsPackyetti claimed that many of the #TrumpGirlsBreakTheInternet tweets were actually posted by men (shown below). Meanwhile, Twitter user @hesonbottom posted photographs of garbage on a street with the caption "#TrumpGirlsBreakTheInternet damn everyone looks so good" (shown below, right). In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the hashtag, including BuzzFeed,[6] Esquire,[7] Coed,[8] Unilad[9] and The Daily Dot.[10]
![Brittant Packnett Brittany Packnet @MsPackyetti Follow FYI: Most folks posting #TrumpGirlsBreakThe|nternet pics are actually creepy men posting pics of women they googled 8:36 AM 26 Jun 2016 わ 784 1,490](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/141/757/f71.jpg)
![@hesonbottom garbage photo tweet MANDI @hesonbottom Follow #TrumpGirlsBreakThe|nternet damn everyone looks so good 2:17 PM 26 Jun 2016 わ 5,904 8,234](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/141/758/c45.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] The Wall Street Journal – Hillary Clinton Holds 5-Point Lead
[2] Instagram – Babes for Trump
[3] Twitter – @bakedalaska
[4] Twitter – @hesonbottom
[5] Twitter – #TrumpGirlsBreakTheInternet
[6] BuzzFeed – People Are Freaking Out Over #TrumpGirlsBreakTheInternet
[7] Esquire – #TrumpGirls Attempt to Break the Internet
[8] Coed – #TrumpGirlsBreakTheInternet Is Trending On Facebook
[9] Unilad – Trump Girls Try To Break The Internet
[10] The Daily Dot – Trump girls did not break the internet
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Tags: donald trump, politics, presidential race,
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