Snapchat, the disappearing messaging app best known for its ability to let users send nude pics to each other that delete after viewing, has teamed up with Hillary and Chelsea Clinton to promote the “Not-there.org” initiative for International Women’s Day. No, seriously … we’re not joking:
Did you see @snapchat today? Visit @snapchat’s discover platform to see a #IWD2015 message from my mom & me.
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) March 8, 2015
Here’s what you see when you click on the message. First up, a short video from Hillary:
Hillary Clinton sends a @Snapchat for https://t.co/ZapKBuVxMU #InternationalWomensDay cc @Liz_Kreutz
— Ashley Codianni (@AshleyCodianni) March 8, 2015
And there are some cutesy pages in the message, like this one promoting the debunked claim on how much women make with respect to men:
Bonus: this gives us a chance to remind everyone that Hillary has her own problem with paying women less than men:
There’s even a weird pic of Chelsea holding a plant in front of her face, which relates to the empty-head avatars Hillary and Chelsea are sporting on their Twitter accounts:
As for reactions from around Twitter…
https://twitter.com/KendraJadee/status/574634350702116866
https://twitter.com/Kayleedannielle/status/574632204296286208
HILLARY IS ON SNAPCHAT DISCOVER I CANT HANDLE IT
— ? ✨? (@__kly) March 8, 2015
https://twitter.com/ClassicColt13/status/574639241029791745
https://twitter.com/petersalisay/status/574597252385226752
And if this reception isn’t bad enough, how about the tone-deafness of it all that just encourages more Bill Clinton-infidelity jokes?
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I think you meant @billclinton… RT @AmyOtto8: Good thing #snapchat wasn't around for @HillaryClinton at the time.
— C.J. Georgia (@CJayMahoney) March 5, 2015
@cyrusk . . . no need to worry about @hillary's @gmail all the action is at @billclinton's @Snapchat 🙂
— DanBaum (@DanBaum) March 5, 2015
.@HillaryClinton in trouble for using non-government email. Is @billclinton in trouble for using SnapChat yet? #slickwilly @kell @bdf
— Justin Satzman (@jsatz23) March 4, 2015
Bill Clinton + @Snapchat = Uh oh pic.twitter.com/exrGLr62Ez
— HuffPost Comedy (@HuffPostComedy) March 4, 2015
Ha!
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