Donald Trump promised to live-tweet a Democratic presidential debate he called a snooze fest, and he delivered, sending more than 60 tweets over the more than two-hour CNN debate tonight.
But in true Trump fashion, he mostly just retweeted insults of the Democratic candidates and praise for himself from his supporters all night:
At the request of many, and even though I expect it to be a very boring two hours, I will be covering the Democrat Debate live on twitter!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 13, 2015
We will all have fun and hopefully learn something tonight. I will shoot straight and call it as I see it, both the good and the bad. Enjoy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
Everybody's talking about my doing twitter during the likely very boring debate tonight. @realDonaldTrump #DemDebate
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 13, 2015
"@KOsbornSullivan: On our 25th anniversary my husband and I are happily staying in to watch #DemDebate and read @realDonaldTrump comments.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
"@Roolaloo: Joined twitter tonight JUST to follow along with @realDonaldTrump and #DemDebate. Lets make America great again! #trump2016"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
"@sassylassee: My tv is off, twitter is up, waiting for the real show, starring @realDonaldTrump #CNNSocialistDebate" #DemDebate
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
"@xai7126: @greta I'd rather see @realDonaldTrump be the debate moderator!"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
"@debateless: @realDonaldTrump I cannot wait to see you debate these clowns #CNNDebate #CNN #Debate #DNC"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
"@TimCooperTweets: How amazing is it that the #1 trending topic is @realDonaldTrump talking about the #DemDebate-more than the debate itself
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
"@magnifier661: @realDonaldTrump they make Jeb Bush look like the energizer bunny #DemDebate #USADJT2016"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
"@keksec_org: The only winner of the #DemDebate is @realDonaldTrump." This is not a great debate – a little sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
Of the the few tweets that Trump did write, he started out well enough:
Get rid of all of these commercials. #DemDebate
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
Before going down his usual path:
Sorry, there is no STAR on the stage tonight!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
All are very scripted and rehearsed, two (at least) should not be on the stage.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
The hardest thing Clinton has to do is defend her bad decision making including Iraq vote, e-mails etc.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
The trade deal is a disaster, she was always for it! #DemDebate
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
Notice that illegal immigrants will be given ObamaCare and free college tuition but nothing has been mentioned about our VETERANS #DemDebate
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
Eventually, Trump seemed to give up interest in the debate, directing his supporters to watch a speech of his own on a competing network:
Wow, I am giving a speech on OAN. Much more exciting than debate!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
Check out OAN and compare to what you are watching now!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
"@TS01171980: @FoxNews @realDonaldTrump isn't on the stage, turning this garbage off
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
Watch highlights from the debate:
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