Here Are All of the Best Tweets From the First Presidential Debate

Twitter was going nuts during last night's presidential debate.

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Last night's showdown between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton was the "most tweeted debate ever," passing the 10.3 million tweets sent during 2012's first presidential debate. You can't be expected to read millions of tweets, so we've picked some of the best for y'all.

From the start, Trump was called out for being unprepared for the debate:

lester holt needs a spray bottle to squirt trump with when he barks too loud

— Matt Bellassai (@MattBellassai) September 27, 2016

When the two candidates started popping off on each other, poor Lester Holt seemed to be struggle to keep it under control:

Lester Holt is sitting on the steps out front smoking a cigarette

— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) September 27, 2016

Trump Fact: Trump prepared for this debate by telling women to shut up his entire life #debates

— Onion Politics (@OnionPolitics) September 27, 2016

Trump got clowned on for his misogyny:

finally the whole country will watch as a woman stands politely listening to a loud man's bad ideas about the field she spent her life in

— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) September 26, 2016

"nobody calls Sean Hannity"
Factcheck rating: mostly true

— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) September 27, 2016

SEAN HANNITY IS THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS THE TRUTH

— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) September 27, 2016

Many people cracked jokes about Trump's sniffles, with former Democratic presidential candidate and governor Howard "The Scream" Dean suggesting that Trump is a cokehead:

Trump: I'D LIKE TO PHONE A FRIEND (h/t @kbrad5) #debatenight

— Brittney Martin (@BeeDotMartin) September 27, 2016

Dean's tweet prompted Ana Marie Cox to fire back:

THE SNIFFING! I thought it was HRC who had pneumonia. #MoneyCantBuyAnInsurmountableImmuneSystem

— Retta (@unfoRETTAble) September 27, 2016

Tim Dickinson tied the coke conspiracy theories to Trump's support for stop-and-frisk:

Smile more, Donald. Stop yelling.

— Megan Amram (@meganamram) September 27, 2016

At one point in the debate, Trump yet again lied about always being opposed to the Iraq War. When called on it, he brought up his Fox News buddy Sean Hannity, who, Trump claims, is "willing to say, but nobody wants to call him, I was against the war." Twitter got a kick out of it:

CHUCK TODD (leaving Yelp review for hospital): The surgeon was over-prepared. Zero stars. https://t.co/PorgGoxSNZ

— Daniel Lin (@danwlin) September 27, 2016

H.R.C. M.O.B. #debatenight pic.twitter.com/3X3zxrWEqj

— Andrew Barber (@fakeshoredrive) September 27, 2016

C: He's sexist and a misogynist.
T: Her negative ads are not nice.

— Nicole Stockdale (@nstockdale) September 27, 2016

Of course, you know, Hannity has his own TV show... so it's a little weird that Trump acted like nobody's willing to ask Hannity about it:

Trump, scourge of PC, appalled by Clinton’s use of term “super predators” two decades ago

— Ramesh Ponnuru (@RameshPonnuru) September 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton faces a lot of double standards as the first female candidate, and Twitter pointed that out:

The idea that Trump is appalled by Hillary's disrespect for Obama is really hilarious.

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) September 27, 2016

Holt: Why is your judgment better than hers?

Trump: I have better judgment. There’s no question about that.

Literally that’s the question.

— Nick Wing (@nickpwing) September 27, 2016

I wrote Law & Order. The only role Donald Trump could have in Law & Order is as a rich bastard suspected of killing his wife.

— David Slack (@slack2thefuture) September 27, 2016

While it's unfair that so much emphasis is placed on Clinton's looks, some of the outfit jokes were just too good:

[Debate]

TRUMP: (*something insane*)

MODERATOR: Secretary Clinton, your rebuttal?

CLINTON: (*plays recording of what Trump just said*)

— Daniel Lin (@danwlin) June 4, 2016

.@realDonaldTrump just wanted you to know that you are being beaten by a girl.

— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) September 27, 2016

Others called out Trump's weak attempts at clapping back at Clinton:

After calling for "law and order," Trump got wrecked:

And these are just great:

In the end though, here's the main takeaway from the debate:

 

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