How White House talk dominated year’s top retweets, despite surprising omission
When people think of politics and Twitter, President Donald Trump likely comes to mind.
On top of keeping the nation updated on matters in the White House, Trump has also caused stirs with misspelled words (think “covfefe”) and attacks on the NFL and the father of basketball players. Even his account being disabled for a brief period of time got people talking.
The social media company on Tuesday released its top retweets for 2017, according to The Associated Press. Four of them have White House connections, but none came from Trump.
Former President Barack Obama had three of them, including the second-most retweeted post. The other was from Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James on Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry not going on the ceremonial White House trip sports champions usually make.
2017’s top 10 retweets
10. Seth Joseph, on the suicide hotline.
suicide hotline 1-800-273-8255
— seth joesph (@sethjoesph) August 28, 2017
1 person ends their life every 40 seconds
will u take the time to retweet this & possibly save one of them?
9. Detroit Lions punter Sam Martin, on donating dog food to Hurricane Harvey victims.
Leo and I are donating 6 lbs of dog food to Houston for every retweet this gets!!!! RT RT RT RT!! pic.twitter.com/bcTT905knP
— Sam (@SamMartin_6) August 31, 2017
8. Obama, thanking Americans for electing him.
It's been the honor of my life to serve you. You made me a better leader and a better man.
— President Obama (@POTUS44) January 20, 2017
7. James, on the Warriors not going to the White House.
U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!
— LeBron James (@KingJames) September 23, 2017
6. Linkin Park, with an image of Chester Bennington, the band’s lead singer who died on July 20.
— LINKIN PARK (@linkinpark) July 20, 2017
5. Obama, once again with a message of thanks.
Thank you for everything. My last ask is the same as my first. I'm asking you to believe—not in my ability to create change, but in yours.
— President Obama (@POTUS44) January 11, 2017
4. Ariana Grande, on the attack at her concert in Manchester, England.
broken.
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) May 23, 2017
from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words.
3. Penn State Interfraternity Council, pledging help for Houston’s hurricane victims.
With the current devastation in Houston, we are pledging $0.15 for every RT this gets! Please forward this along to help out those in need! pic.twitter.com/lodyOBE0eG
— Penn State IFC (@PennStateIFC) August 30, 2017
2. Obama, condemning the attacks in Charlottesville, Va.
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..." pic.twitter.com/InZ58zkoAm
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 13, 2017
1. Carter Wilkinson, trying to get a year’s worth of free chicken nuggets from Wendy’s.
HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3
— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2017
This story was originally published December 5, 2017 at 8:23 PM with the headline "How White House talk dominated year’s top retweets, despite surprising omission."