These Are the Best Social Media Reactions to the Third Democratic Debate

Justin Kirkland
Photo credit: Win McNamee - Getty Images
Photo credit: Win McNamee - Getty Images

From Esquire

There are only 418 days until Election Day 2020. That is, in a word, exhausting. Sometimes the only thing that might make it palatable is firing off jokes into the ether. That's exactly what Twitter did tonight as the third Democratic debate took place in Houston. There were stricter benchmarks for candidates to make it here than in the first two rounds: 130,000 individual donors, and at least 2 percent in four different national or battleground-state polls. That means that human zodiac sign Marianne Williamson was not in attendance. Neither were the nine assorted white men who ornamentally flanked the stage for the first two debates. No, this one was Members Only. The line up was as follows:

  • Problematic Uncle Joe

  • Mayor Pete

  • Lizzie with the Plan

  • Kamala "Look at My Bus!" Harris

  • Andrew "No School on Fridays" Yang

  • Biden II villain, Julián Castro

  • Rosario Dawson's Boyfriend

  • Amy "If It Combs, It Forks" Klobuchar

  • Sweaty Prince Beto O'Rourke

  • Raspy Larry David

The ten of them gave it their all, and even though some of the more zany characters weren't available, there was still quite a show. Kamala Harris told Trump to go back to watching Fox News and Andrew Yang (maybe illegally?) promised 10 families $1K a month for a year, but hey. Get excited where you can. These are the best social media reactions from the third Democratic debate of this very, very long election.

And one man dared to ask the real question.

With the next debate scheduled for mid-October in Ohio, there's a bit of a breather between tonight's throw down and the next. But rest assured: as the field narrows, it's only going to get more aggressive. All we can hope for is getting that free Yang money.

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