The Democrats Took Their Eye-Rolling to Twitter During the Republican Debate

Updated on Nov 11, 2015 at 3:45 PM

The fourth Republican debate finally gave viewers more answers than questions about the foreign and economic policies of the eight standing presidential candidates. But as the night went on, plenty of old habits remained.

Amid interruptions from other candidates and a very frequent "time's up" bell, Jeb Bush furiously argued Donald Trump on every issue, the billionaire managed to insult the only woman on the stage, and Carly Fiorina vowed to soar through the polls (the consensus this morning is that she came in second last night) and beat her Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

The Democrats didn't waste time during the live broadcast from Milwaukee. While hilarious commentary from Twitter users flooded social media, pols including Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O'Malley took the opportunity to Twitter-bash their rivals and promote their own policies on immigration, veterans, and government spending.

How Clinton's Twitter rant began:

Two fewer candidates, but the same number of new ideas as the last #GOPdebate: zero.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 11, 2015

Democrats reacted to Ben Carson's and Marco Rubio's statements against raising minimum wage:

Let us stand today with the tens of millions of workers who are working hard to put food on the table. Let's #RaiseTheWage. #GOPDebate
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 11, 2015

I raised the minimum wage in Maryland & as Pres. I'd fight to #RaiseTheWage. No surprise, GOP candidates don't agree. #FightFor15 #gopdebate
— Martin O'Malley (@MartinOMalley) November 11, 2015

Sanders made a strong point about entitlement reforms:

Right now, Trump pays the same amount of money into Social Security as someone who makes $118,500 a year. #GOPDebate
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 11, 2015

The immigration issue dominated the debate last night, and Clinton made an effort to retweet her passionate supporters:

Hillary will fight for comprehensive immigration reform and defend DACA & DAPA. #GOPdebate https://t.co/2F0lPyghim pic.twitter.com/7S20eG1ior
— Maya Harris (@mayaharris_) November 11, 2015

So u call us "illegals"/"criminals" while we work and keep @SocialSecurity solvent? And u wanna spend BILLIONS deporting us? #GOPDebate
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) November 11, 2015

When former HP CEO Fiorina talked about her economic proposals, the Democrats remained skeptical:

Please tell us more @CarlyFiorina abt the jobs you grew when u were laying off 1000s at HP & dropping the stock by half. #foxbusinessdebate
— Krystal Ball (@krystalball) November 11, 2015

While Ted Cruz opposed John Kasich on the big bank bailout, Sanders remembered Teddy Roosevelt:

If Teddy Roosevelt were alive today, he would say: break up these too-big-to-fail banks. And he would be right. #GOPDebate
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 11, 2015

Senator Rubio proposed a very populist plan on tax cuts (which many experts found arithmetically inadequate) and an expensive war on ISIS strategy that may add trillions of dollars in military spending:

Rubio: "Democrats are out of ideas about the future. Now let me tell you about my tax cuts and middle east military interventions"
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) November 11, 2015

It is amazing how almost every answer Rubio gives in this debate is verbatim from his stump speech.
— Jason Zengerle (@zengerle) November 11, 2015

While the hopefuls talked future wars with no mention of veterans on the night before Veterans Day, Sanders tweeted the most popular commentary of the debate night:

We already have the biggest military in the world, yet veterans sleep out on the streets. Will Republicans talk about this? #GOPDebate
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 11, 2015

Meanwhile, O'Malley remembered the military LGBT community:

I will provide long-overdue justice for LGBT veterans whose only transgression was being true to who they are. https://t.co/20wA6G6LUR
— Martin O'Malley (@MartinOMalley) November 10, 2015

Last week's front-runner Carson defended his biography early in the debate, but Twitter noticed his less-than-dynamic performance:

Ben Carson is the only guy who uses less than the allotted 30 seconds for his closing statement. #GOPDebate
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) November 11, 2015

Clinton took a beating from every candidate on the stage, but she still got in some pretty good burns:

#GOPdebate pic.twitter.com/vqbB3Tpf5r
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 11, 2015

I'll say it again: Republicans seem to believe that Hillary Clinton will be easy to beat.
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) November 11, 2015

It's hard to declare a "winner" in the #GOPDebate when every candidate is trying to move our country backward. https://t.co/lCAYkhm8CZ
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 11, 2015