Internet Trolls Clinton's Harsh Russian Rhetoric with #DraftOurDaughters

Zach Montanaro | October 28, 2016
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The internet strikes again!

Hillary Clinton hasn’t pulled any punches when it comes to Russia this election cycle, often using the country as a punching bag and accusing it of being the source of her campaign’s leaked emails -- a charge that Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied.

The internet, however, has noticed the increasingly harsh rhetoric, and has responded in an oddly cleaver way.

The hashtag ‘Draft our Daughters’ started to trend early Friday morning, with people using Clinton’s proclaimed support of including women in draft registration to create fake campaign advertisements encouraging everyone from moms to little girls to enlist in the military to be ready to “go to war for her (Clinton)” in a hypothetical war against Russia. It’s an odd combination of comedy mixed with dark humor.

Here’s a list showing some of the best.

**Author’s note: To reiterate, these are fake advertisements that are in no way, shape, or form coming from or paid for by the Clinton campaign.

But some do air on the funny side:

Some reference Clinton’s private email server:

And some are purposefully morbid:

Oh internet, never change.

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