What Toronto Twitter had to say about last night’s ridiculous presidential debate
Anyone looking to see some spirited competition between well-matched rivals last night should have watched the Blue Jays game. Instead, many Canadians tuned in to the first presidential debate between Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and (this will never not sound absurd) Republican nominee Donald Trump. As the pair squared off in front of a drowsy moderator, here’s what Toronto Twitter was saying.
Is Trump supposed to be Ugly Naked Guy in this analogy?
Canada currently pic.twitter.com/U7ZhKxxVik
— OXTAIL GAWD (@ThatDudeMCFLY) September 27, 2016
In any case, the bar for the Republican candidate’s performance was set about ankle-high.
1. "He is so bad at debating! He'll probably swear at her on stage."
2. "He didn't swear at her on stage."
3. "Well, I guess he won."— Matt Elliott (@GraphicMatt) September 26, 2016
I'm honestly curious how anyone expects to pick a "winner" in a debate like this
— Adrian Morrow (@AdrianMorrow) September 27, 2016
Things got off to a slow start:
When Trump isn't being a total asshole, he's not very interesting at all.
— Ivor Tossell (@ivortossell) September 27, 2016
But quickly entered familiar territory:
Donald Trump is already yelling, or as he would say “Talking bigly!”#Debate2016
— Crooked Tabatha (@TabathaSouthey) September 27, 2016
Trump discussed Mexico’s tremendous “plants”:
The best plants. #debates2016 pic.twitter.com/KyUvCljN1n
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) September 27, 2016
And talked about real estate:
"murders are up but MY HOTELS ARE GROOVIER THAN EVER"
— Chandler Levack (@clevack) September 27, 2016
And his tremendous wealth. Absolutely massive:
Trump claims income of $700M. Matter of time before he starts bragging about having huge tackle
— Oliver Moore (@moore_oliver) September 27, 2016
Mostly, though, Trump was incoherent:
I have no idea what he's saying and I'm in politics.
— Michelle Rempel, MP (@MichelleRempel) September 27, 2016
And sniffly:
Trump on the scoops? #Sniffs
— Jeremy Taggart (@Taggart7) September 27, 2016
And discussions of serious issues…
a lot of my fellow white canadians acting like this debate is a comedy central roast & not an actual political debate w real consequences
— artisanal cracker (@internetlauren) September 26, 2016
….weren’t exactly satisfying:
Stop and frisk was unconstitutional?
"The ruling was from a very against police judge"
It singled out blacks/Hispanics?
"Visit my hotel"
— Robyn Urback (@RobynUrback) September 27, 2016
…. Just cleaning up after that racial rant….don't mind me ?#debatenight pic.twitter.com/xdO1wXfPzL
— Jam Gamble (@MsJamPccs) September 27, 2016
Trump denied Clinton’s claim that he described climate change as a hoax, but…
— Elamin Abdelmahmoud (@elamin88) September 27, 2016
…he did manage to say some things that were true:
Trump is on solid ground on Clinton's TPP flip-flop. She praised it at length as secretary of state, then flipped under Sanders pressure.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 27, 2016
Some things:
Fact check: "You've been fighting ISIS your entire adult life" is not a correct statement.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 27, 2016
Donald Trump is telling a gargantuan lie, over and over and over.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 27, 2016
And whoa there, Secretary Clinton:
Clinton told the first lie of the night: "Donald, it's good to be with you" #Debate
— Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken) September 27, 2016
Moderator Lester Holt used a soft touch on the candidates:
MODERATOR: Stop and frisk is unconstitutional.
TRUMP: Nah.
MODERATOR: Okay.#debatenight— Anne T. Donahue (@annetdonahue) September 27, 2016
And, of course, viewers witnessed a historic first last night: a swipe at Rosie O’Donnell during a presidential debate.
"Rosie O'Donnell deserves it, and nobody feels sorry for her." This debate is everything we imagined it would be. #debates
— Jonathan Goldsbie (@goldsbie) September 27, 2016
When things wrapped up, it was obvious who’d won:
No one won the debate, you fools. The only winner is shame.
— Robyn Urback (@RobynUrback) September 27, 2016
Now somebody go check on the Star’s Daniel Dale:
.@ddale8 comes through before dawn with the fact check https://t.co/TVslFKBLbO and this A++ lede: https://t.co/m6Di90Mn5B https://t.co/nEXHaq1VaP
— Jennifer Pagliaro (@jpags) September 27, 2016
I need a three-year nap before beginning this fact check
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 27, 2016