In Milwaukee, a tightened group of GOP presidential aspirants gathered tonight for the Fox Business-Wall Street Journal debate, the fourth on the Republican side so far.
Despite being aired on the least watched network so far, tonight’s debate got a bit of a bump early on during the so-called “kiddie debate” when Twitter reacted to this scandalous shake-up:
Netflix is down?!?!?
Time to #GOPDebate and Chill.
Said nobody.— No Time For This (@NoTime_ForThis) November 11, 2015
The social media platform was chock-full of the usual complaints about the debate moderators:
Kasich comes over to moderators during commercial to ask for fair time… Jeb joins and motions toward their side of stage.
— Brad Dayspring (@BDayspring) November 11, 2015
Fox Business's debate innovation: ask questions that allow candidates to give their stump speeches without fear of any follow up questions.
— Frank Rich (@frankrichny) November 11, 2015
So Gerry Seib, whom I very much admire, asks candidate who their favorite Democrat is. All ignore the question. Good for them.
— Brit Hume (@brithume) November 11, 2015
LOVE HOW THE GROUP WONT ANSWER STUPID QUESTION BY MODERATOR! #GOPDebate
— Ben Ferguson (@benfergusonshow) November 11, 2015
Can we get a cut away shot to the very frustrated buzzer operator
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) November 11, 2015
every time the debate bell rings an angel gets deported #GOPDebate
— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) November 11, 2015
There were also off-the-wall responses from right-wing Twitter, exuberantly cheering the most outlandish GOP antics of the night:
Now that we are having debates where everyone gets to speak in whole sentences about real thing can Gov. Scott Walker get back on stage.
— Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) November 11, 2015
But as has become tradition with this campaign cycle’s Republican presidential debates Twitter reactions, the funniest tweets mocked the whole lot:
Approaching unified theory of Pooh Republicans: Jeb!=Eeyore; Trump=Tigger; Rubio=Piglet; Carson=Pooh; Carly=Rabbit; Rand=Roo.
— Rebecca Traister (@rtraister) November 11, 2015
I'm doing a shot every time Carly lies. I'm drunk. #GOPDebate
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) November 11, 2015
"If you win the nomination." Asked to Carly. That's funny. #GOPDebate
— Doug Mataconis (@dmataconis) November 11, 2015
Trump: "Putin sold me a couple of wives. S'good guy." #GOPDebate
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 11, 2015
Rubio: can I jump in here? I have some relevant stump speech to recite.
— Franklin Foer (@FranklinFoer) November 11, 2015
Wait, was that a mini Rick Perry moment? Ted Cruz said he'd cut 5 agencies. I heard the IRS, Commerce, Energy, HUD, and Commerce
— Jonathan Weisman (@jonathanweisman) November 11, 2015
Holy shit, Jeb successfully interrupted someone!
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) November 11, 2015
Jeb Bush pulling a Marty McFly and slowly disappearing from the family photo.
— Tim Siedell (@badbanana) November 11, 2015
I know people really hate Jeb, but you’re all sleeping on just how unspeakably awful John Kasich is.
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) November 11, 2015
Rand Paul is being sane about war, which means FOX is preparing the Dementors to wipe the crowd's memory. #GOPDebate
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) November 11, 2015
