Reading snarky tweets while Trump was talking last night helped make things more bearable. My colleague Michael did a roundup of funny tweets about the debate, and I just have to add to it. Lots of gems!
The feminist tweets — so needed:
xReal talk: Hillary Clinton needs to release a DVD of face control exercises. Every working woman would buy it in a second #debates2016
— Caille Millner (@caillemillner) September 27, 2016 xHey straight white guys, if you're amazed that Clinton is keeping her cool right now, remember that women practice it all day, every day.
— Chloe Angyal (@ChloeAngyal) September 27, 2016 xHillary brings up everything hideous Trump has said about women. Trump: "That's not nice."#DrunkTweetTheDebates
— Ijeoma Oluo (@IjeomaOluo) September 27, 2016Trump’s money:
xI would be under budget on all my projects too if I didn't pay my workers. #debatenight
— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) September 27, 2016 xTrump talking about our airports "When you fly in from Dubai" - Not sure who he is talking to but not average Americans #debatenight
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) September 27, 2016 xI didn't pay taxes because you would have squandered it. pic.twitter.com/bMcyXlnHcC
— David Waldman (@KagroX) September 27, 2016And so much more:
xWhen Trump says Hillary is "out of control" pic.twitter.com/EhaVqbC4gi
— Susie Meister (@susie_meister) September 27, 2016 xTrump sued for housing discrim & pushed a racially motivated theory 2 discredit POTUSResponse: 1 time I didn't discriminate
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) September 27, 2016 xAll the "horrible," "mean" @HillaryClinton ads that Drumpf hates are literally his quotes. Literally. Just things he's said. #debatenight
— Marieill Hill (@marieillhill) September 27, 2016And there were some that weren’t particularly funny, but let’s just not forget how ABSURD this racist reality show Cheeto running for president is.
x"that's called business, by the way" trump tags on to Hillary pointing out he was rooting for the financial crisis
— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) September 27, 2016 x"I never said that." —Donald Trump, who said that. #debatenighthttps://t.co/6T8qV2HCbL
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 27, 2016 xTrump was not endorsed by ICE. ICE is a federal agency. Does he know that? #debates
— Matt Hildreth (@mhildreth) September 27, 2016And a Facebook post for good measure:
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And to help stave off your dread a little bit in the meantime:
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