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Here Are the Best Tweets About the Vice Presidential Debate

Oct 4 2016 - 6:48pm

Tim Kaine and Mike Pence took the stage tonight in Farmville, VA, for the only vice presidential debate before the election. As with the first presidential debate [1], Twitter was ripe with hilarious commentary. Here's a roundup of the best tweets.

People made fun of both candidates' reputations for being boring:

Battle of the inside voices

— John Hendrickson (@JohnGHendy) October 5, 2016 [2]

Boring white men. The End.#VPDebate [3]

— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) October 5, 2016 [4]

BORING, no one's even mentioned Rosie O'Donnell. #VPDebate [5]

— Elyse Willems (@ElyseWillems) October 5, 2016 [6]

They also called out how the candidates avoided directly answering the questions and talked over one another:

22 minutes in there have been a total of zero questions actually answered

— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) October 5, 2016 [7]

If i wanted to watch white dudes talk over each other all night i'd just look at Twitter

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) October 5, 2016 [8]

So far, the VP debate is boiling down to two old white men ignoring and interrupting a woman of color. Riveting.

— Jason Permenter (@jasonpermenter) October 5, 2016 [9]

(Elaine Quijano, the moderator, is the first Asian-American woman to host a debate.)

Tim Kaine referred to Donald Trump's long history of xenophobic [10], sexist [11], and troubling remarks. Mike Pence implied Trump did not make those statements — despite the fact they are public and recorded. People immediately corrected Pence.

Soccer Dads Debate:
Kaine: You borrowed my lawnmower & returned it
Pence: You're mistaken. There is no lawmower. There never was.#VPDebate [12]

— Wyeth Ruthven (@wyethwire) October 5, 2016 [13]

Pence suggests Trump did not say the things Kaine said he did. Trump said all of those things, but Pence is very convincing when lying.

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) October 5, 2016 [14]

Mike Pence is accusing Tim Kaine of uttering an "avalanche of insults" for literally listing Donald Trump quotes.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 5, 2016 [15]

This is a very effective defense of Donald Trump if you've never heard anything Donald Trump has ever said

— Bobby Big Wheel (@BobbyBigWheel) October 5, 2016 [16]

It sort of works in the debate, but Pence shaking head, saying "no he hasn't" is going to look bad in ads next to Trump saying those things

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) October 5, 2016 [17]

Despite how heated this debate got, we can only imagine that the second presidential debate on Sunday [18] will bring even more drama.


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