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Hackers Are Mad That Donald Trump Body-Shamed Them at the Presidential Debate

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September 26, 2016, 11:24 PM ET

Donald Trump managed to diss and weight-shame hackers during Monday’s presidential debate. And many people promptly took to Twitter to correct him.

Hillary Clinton mentioned the hack of the Democratic National Committee’s servers, citing intelligence officials’ “high confidence” that Russia was involved.

“She’s saying Russia, Russia, Russia. But I don’t—maybe it was. I mean, it could be Russia, but it could also be China. It could also be lots of other people. It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds,” Trump said in response. “You don’t know who broke into DNC.”

Donald just dissed hackers, talking about people in their bedrooms weighing 400 pounds. That might backfire on him.

— Sean Carroll (@seanmcarroll) September 27, 2016

Trump: The hackers "Might be a 400-pound person sitting in bed…Might be. Some of the greatest hackers of all time.""
OR pic.twitter.com/wY9cow00CZ

— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) September 27, 2016

OMG did he just weight shame!!! WTF?!

— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) September 27, 2016

"Sitting on their bed weighing 400 pounds" -Trump talking about hackers.

It's funny how people still think all nerds are fat and lazy…

— 💯 ZackTTG 2HYPE (@ZackTTG) September 27, 2016

Trump says hackers are "some 400lb people in their beds." His portrait of "nerds" proves he knows little of who hackers are or what they do.

— Kyle Hill (@Sci_Phile) September 27, 2016

No better way to get the American vote than fat shaming. "400 pounds" #Debates2016

— albertina rizzo (@albz) September 27, 2016

I don't weigh 400 pounds! Well, I don't think I do. #debatenight

— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) September 27, 2016

I do NOT weigh 400 pounds!!!#debates2016

— Eric Stonestreet (@ericstonestreet) September 27, 2016

https://twitter.com/gregbettinelli/status/780591099978973185

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