<p>Still, facts have become a negligible facet of democracy under the Trump administration, so it's no surprise that Trump supporters still feel certain that their president's truly childish behavior in the debate was not only acceptable but praiseworthy. To be honest, it's difficult to fathom that there are many truly undecided voters at this point. You're either against the rise of fascism, white supremacy, misogyny, and misinformation, or you're voting for Trump and have decided those things are fine with you. In the most polarizing political moment perhaps in the history of America, the undecided voter is rare (and probably not paying attention). </p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-143"></div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent2 - long_content --></p><p>So if most people are already certain about who they're voting for, why did anyone watch the debate? Let's be honest with ourselves: we watched because we knew it would be such a disaster it would be entertaining, we watched as a form of passive self-flagellation, and most of all we watched so we could keep up with the Twitter discourse. The only bright spot in the darkness of 2020 is the endlessly hilarious Twitter takes that both encompass the chaos of the moment and remind us not to take anything too seriously. </p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-145"></div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent3 - longer_content --></p><p>Here are our favorite Tweets about the first 2020 presidential debate, divided by category. </p><h3>Watching the debate as a form of self punishment</h3><p>Self care is easier said than done, and as the months of social isolation wear on, we're all getting more and more prone to doom-scrolling on social media, reading opinions that we know will make us angry, and engaging in Facebook comment battles with our weird great uncle who might be an actual Neo-Nazi now. For many of us, watching the debate was just an extension of this toxic behavior. </p><div id="8e47e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="391a3cfb529d9b921b31d85f32acaede"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311117128494440454" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">https://t.co/a4yomieMva</div> — Michael Tannenbaum (@Michael Tannenbaum)<a href="https://twitter.com/iamTannenbaum/statuses/1311117128494440454">1601429657.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><div id="01c6a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f97707e632a1a10682c8718d1ccf4eee"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311133255165521920" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">We protected our mental health by not watching this debate.</div> — Black Women Radicals (@Black Women Radicals)<a href="https://twitter.com/blkwomenradical/statuses/1311133255165521920">1601433502.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><div id="c6ae5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="564f51c991b7ae381e10a40494241a9a"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311106779342872576" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">It’s ok to admit that we’re watching the debate because it’s basically self harm</div> — 🥴 (@🥴)<a href="https://twitter.com/whysimonewhy/statuses/1311106779342872576">1601427190.0</a></blockquote></div><h3>Just marveling at how much three men can talk over each other</h3><p>The amount of times Trump interrupted either the moderator or Joe Biden were truly countless, and ultimately forced Biden and Wallace to interrupt him and each other to get a word in edgewise. What resulted had a similar energy to a Kindergarten classroom if all the students were on amphetamines. </p><div id="4d967" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d9547d5d7746571193e83594fe2ab31b"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311112012303233024" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">lol did trump’s kindergarten teacher never teach him to wait his turn to talk</div> — hannah 🧃 doing school (@hannah 🧃 doing school)<a href="https://twitter.com/elytravoids/statuses/1311112012303233024">1601428437.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><div id="8dc52" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f0e1fda490668adfd778821f31eb29bb"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311116006715252741" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">This debate makes Uncut Gems feel like a Bob Ross episode by comparison</div> — Evan Rytlewski (@Evan Rytlewski)<a href="https://twitter.com/Evanryt/statuses/1311116006715252741">1601429390.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><p><br></p><h3>Mocking and/or pitying Chris Wallace</h3><p>Poor Chris Wallace had the toughest job of the night. He had to try to maintain some semblance of control while asking important questions and then ensuring that the American people could actually hear the answers to the questions. It ultimately proved to be an impossible task, and America was divided on whether or not he could have done better. </p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-147"></div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent4 - longest_content --></p><div id="fd128" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9a68bde916932bbb36729b1de37942ab"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311125092580110338" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Someone start a GoFundme for Chris Wallace’s bar tab</div> — Dominic Ciaverella (@Dominic Ciaverella)<a href="https://twitter.com/DomCiav25/statuses/1311125092580110338">1601431556.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><div id="d0392" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="aadec78226b75e8a34a5e570f1c991b7"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311119263134932992" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Chris Wallace is struggling, trying to seem like a jovial hale fellow well met., while being mugged.</div> — ANNE LAMOTT (@ANNE LAMOTT)<a href="https://twitter.com/ANNELAMOTT/statuses/1311119263134932992">1601430166.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><h3>Feeling bad for Hillary and despising the amount of toxic masculinity on display</h3><p>If I wanted to watch three out-of-touch old white men yell at each other, I would have just waited for my family Thanksgiving in Texas.</p><div id="c0bea" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="bd516c22943958246f49edf54fb535d8"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311114850588938240" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">The silver lining of this debate is that now we have a video to show people when they ask what "toxic masculinity" is</div> — Emily Atkin (@Emily Atkin)<a href="https://twitter.com/emorwee/statuses/1311114850588938240">1601429114.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><div id="8be71" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ba9731fbcb61f4199432777a37069d39"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311137158355443718" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Thanks, I’m fine. But everyone better vote. https://t.co/fkuQ042HvM</div> — Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton)<a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/statuses/1311137158355443718">1601434432.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><p><br></p><div id="0bdb0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="873efa91df6ac7c4afe4d4bd20c69497"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311131508644679681" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Men are too emotional to be president.</div> — Jill Filipovic (@Jill Filipovic)<a href="https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/statuses/1311131508644679681">1601433085.0</a></blockquote></div><p>From the moment Joe Biden said "Would you just shut up, man," many started thinking about the double standards for men and women in power. </p><p><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
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</script></p><h3>Just straight up insults</h3><p>It's not about looks, but these are pretty funny. </p><div id="3bc4b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0849d0eed44926faebf99cabcf423f34"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311120788234276864" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">trump looks like a tupperware container after you had spaghetti in it</div> — ꧁Madimoiselle꧂ (@꧁Madimoiselle꧂)<a href="https://twitter.com/drivingmemadi/statuses/1311120788234276864">1601430530.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><div id="6ce59" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="13b5bfe68d355141e64be5cff88fcca4"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311160304999358465" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Biden: It's hard to get any word in with this clown
Trump covered in orange makeup: Hey hey let me just tell you</div> — Acyn Torabi (@Acyn Torabi)<a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/statuses/1311160304999358465">1601439951.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><h3>Trump refusing to condemn white supremacy</h3><div>Again, Trump refused to condemn white supremacy outright. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/proud-boys-celebrate-after-trump-s-debate-call-out-n1241512" target="_blank">He told the Proud Boys to "stand by and stand down," something that some members of this violent extremist group are taking as a call to arms. </a></div><div id="51b81" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3e35e71df48be917a2875713145bd488"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311133440314683404" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">wallace: condemn white supremacy
biden: yeah say it
the president: https://t.co/pJk5UGiXeK</div> — ziwe (@ziwe)<a href="https://twitter.com/ziwe/statuses/1311133440314683404">1601433546.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><div id="3ed5e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="714e5edd02f3b01c059a194583076e82"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311336033347399682" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">12-hours later and Trump still hasn’t said he misspoke about white supremacy and the Proud Boys gang.</div> — Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@Rex Chapman🏇🏼)<a href="https://twitter.com/RexChapman/statuses/1311336033347399682">1601481848.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><div id="24446" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="749ec632b84aad37b1e9a4bfd816dabd"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311123556835758081" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">he said "how do you feel about black people" trump said "i love the police"</div> — giabuchi lastrassi (@giabuchi lastrassi)<a href="https://twitter.com/jaboukie/statuses/1311123556835758081">1601431190.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><h3>There were no winners and the losers were the American people</h3><p>While we think Biden did his best to retain some level of calm under the circumstances, there is no question that the entire debate was a disaster that provided almost no concrete information. </p><div id="54a59" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="bbf51f50a3191cb428c2620b623ea632"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311140448375918593" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">trump: i support bad things. my opponent supports good things
biden: shut up, man. i do not</div> — Shaun (@Shaun)<a href="https://twitter.com/shaun_vids/statuses/1311140448375918593">1601435217.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><div id="a080e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1f2051476f0cc4cad3f31c256dc2ac67"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311113464673259521" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Trump: BABHAHAEJRNTKIDDUEHEHEHEJASJDBBDNRIRIF
Biden: KANDJFFISUWBEJTKGUBWBSKAISHSBDBDBDBEH</div> — Natalie (@Natalie)<a href="https://twitter.com/jbfan911/statuses/1311113464673259521">1601428783.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><div id="e8ece" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9d9da6e2f217dee8316becbd7af77f1f"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311119935805050880" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">this debate https://t.co/jjYUNagilZ</div> — Hannah Jewell (@Hannah Jewell)<a href="https://twitter.com/hcjewell/statuses/1311119935805050880">1601430326.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><p><br></p><div id="3c7a7" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="123b53ff4261e832bb1f702d059bd96c"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311140344252297216" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">While I feel that I could summon the rage to creatively disembowel Trump, Joe Biden only makes me angry enough to w… https://t.co/CNwxsZKBdr</div> — Brooke Ivey Johnson (@Brooke Ivey Johnson)<a href="https://twitter.com/BrookeIJohnson/statuses/1311140344252297216">1601435192.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><h3>Just....f**k Trump</h3><p>Disgustingly, Trump repeatedly went after Biden's family, insulting his son Hunter repeatedly and (falsely) claiming he had received money from Russia and been dishonorably discharged. Trump then later made it very clear that he is prepared to deny the election results should he lose. </p><div id="263fe" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="102eddccb7765e454efbdc72f258b7bc"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311157009451036673" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Politics aside, if any other American were on national TV bum-rushing a parent as they talked about a vet son havin… https://t.co/xpIEa1n12v</div> — Jeffrey Wright (@Jeffrey Wright)<a href="https://twitter.com/jfreewright/statuses/1311157009451036673">1601439165.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><div id="b0b74" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="bf277f4e4d6f05c071cf9b7c7dbf4a4c"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311140588251541504" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">For those who hadn’t been listening for the past 4 years, Trump just told you that he ain't leaving and that he is… https://t.co/dd0XUILF9y</div> — Ava DuVernay (@Ava DuVernay)<a href="https://twitter.com/ava/statuses/1311140588251541504">1601435250.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><div id="e2d94" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="26715f1b8e188c422cc5de6ffd882e40"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1311134590644387840" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Joe Biden spent the final moments of the debate urging Americans to vote. Donald Trump spent the final moments of t… https://t.co/Altz1izDX1</div> — Elizabeth Warren (@Elizabeth Warren)<a href="https://twitter.com/ewarren/statuses/1311134590644387840">1601433820.0</a></blockquote></div><h3>No matter what you took away from the debate last night, make sure you're registered to vote and have a plan to do so. <a href="https://www.vote.org/am-i-registered-to-vote/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkLeC17WR7AIVUMDICh12nA2hEAAYAiAAEgLce_D_BwE" target="_blank">Check your voter registration at Vote.Org.</a></h3>From Your Site Articles
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