No sooner had news of the capture of Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ started doing the rounds, people were calling for his release on Twitter so he could kill Donald Trump.
Can they let El Chapo go so he can rid us of Donald trump
— Red CAESAR (@RedCaesars) January 8, 2016
Damn they caught El Chapo. Who gonna stop Donald Trump now?
— Im the One (@Now_Thats_Fresh) January 8, 2016
Damn they captured El Chapo before he got a chance to kill Trump
— P O E (@gomez_the_great) January 8, 2016
free my homeboy El Chapo! he hasn’t done anything! we just want him to kill Donald Trump, then y’all can try to recapture him ??
— gabby (@KC_IFancyYou) January 8, 2016
Thankfully, there’s a bit of an explanation (we hope) for Twitter’s sudden thirst for Trump blood. Last summer, Joaquin Guzman aka El Chapo managed to escape a maximum security jail via a tunnel.
Trump, in another shining example of his timid relationship with controversy used the opportunity to gloat about his tough stance on Mexicans on Twitter.
Can you envision Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton negotiating with ‘El Chapo’, the Mexican drug lord who escaped from prison? ….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
…Trump, however, would kick his ass!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
Guzman responded in the only way an alleged billionaire drug boss could, by reportedly putting a $100 million bounty on Trump’s head, dead or alive.
As of the time of writing, the two had been mentioned on Twitter more than 6,000 times. We’re quietly hoping that Twitter is just having a bit of fun and not about to mount an attempt to free Guzman for a second time.
➤ Twitter Trolls Donald Trump After ‘El Chapo’ Captured News [LatinTimes]
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