2016 Postmortem
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Hillary Clinton supporters on the internet entered into an internet war of words on Mothers Day with Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein.
The feud started when Jill Stein issued a single Twitter comment suggesting Hillary Clinton would not reflect the values of motherhood as president. Dr. Stein explained she considers these values to include a commitment to international law and human rights, and to the idea of health care and child care as basic rights.
Clinton loyalists on Twitter leapt at the chance to feud and issued a barrage of tweets at Dr. Stein, some of which were widely seen as personal attacks, calling her "disgusting" and suggesting she might support far right GOP candidate Donald Trump.
It was widely reported in April that Clinton Super PACS have spent at least $1 million funding a "troll army" intended to protect the candidate's "reputation" online. It's not clear the extent to which paid operators might be engaging with the Green Party candidate on twitter.
The story made headlines on Mothers Day, with some headline writers interpreting Dr. Stein's tweet as a statement about Hillary Clinton's parenting skills.