Twitter roasts CNN's interminable GOP debate: "Mike Huckabee is just texting Duggars at this point"

After three hours of barbs and talking points, the second GOP debate is finally over

By Sophia Tesfaye

Senior Politics Editor

Published September 17, 2015 3:34AM (EDT)

(CNN)
(CNN)

That's (finally) a wrap. The second Republican primary debate of the 2016 campaign ended after 11pm on the East Coast and after a grueling four hour slough through GOP intra-party bickering, many on Twitter were left just asking, "when will it end?"

First, there was the so-called "JV debate" that featured four of the five lowest polling candidates (Jim Gilmore was relegated to live-tweeting the debate from Virginia): Former New York Governor George Pataki, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham:

And then it was time for the big show, Trump vs. the world, but as the marathon continued on, Twitter began to tune out:

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders got in on the fun before we all got bored using the hashtag #DebateWithBernie:

Hillary Clinton had a little fun as well:

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By Sophia Tesfaye

Sophia Tesfaye is Salon's senior editor for news and politics, and resides in Washington, D.C. You can find her on Twitter at @SophiaTesfaye.

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