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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.