Ahead of GOP Debate, Twitter Users Heckled Republican Candidates in Hilarious Ways
Thursday night marked the sixth Republican presidential debate, and an important event for the candidates as it was the first real showdown in election year 2016. Fox Business Network hosted the debate at 9 p.m. in North Charleston, South Carolina. Yet ahead of the main stage debate, Twitter users had plenty to share concerning the year's first gathering of Republican presidential hopefuls. Though a lot of measured, intelligent points and useful data were shared on social media in the hours leading up to the main event, no small amount of heckling also surfaced.
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Here's a roundup of some of the best heckling Twitter users could muster before the debate:
Some users evoked classics film characters and TV personalities to express their opinion of the candidates:
Live shot of Jeb Bush backstage. He keeps mumbling about wanting "his stapler". #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/vl5l0Od4wp
me during #gopdebate pic.twitter.com/mTqU1EUTFI
Others suggested watching Donald Trump trumps physical and emotional pain:
Watch the #GOPDebate or beat my head against the wall for two hours? I think the latter is less likely to give me a raging headache.
TheLastTimeI__I__ watched the #GOPDebate; wept for the state of humanity
GIFs and memes included political cartoons:
Carly Fiorina #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/QRtMvCd7IH
Watching the #GOPDebate? DONATE to #Bernie every time they upset you: http://bernie.to/Support Text "Bernie" to 82623 pic.twitter.com/WyVCOsChoT
Today's Republican Party... #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/QP4dgJv3mp
While others ranged from the perverse (Mike Huckabee talked about prayer)...
Mike Huckabee just told the country to "get on your knees before you get on your feet." THE #GOPDEBATE JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT SEXIER!
...to the utterly bizarre:
This will be the extent of our #GOPdebate coverage. Because this is all there is to say. http://boingboing.net/2016/01/13/this-is-the-best-donald-trump.html ... pic.twitter.com/9APBoZMyZV
And while some Twitter users were genuinely confused:
Fiorina awkwardly calls her husband "eye candy" in her closing statement. Nobody knows why. #GOPDebate
Others still were out for blood:
Twitter getting ready for the #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/GhBJISXlyw
The problem in America isn't the immigrants....It's the idiots. #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/aFmBslpngB
Participating in Thursday's debate were Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina participated in an undercard debate at 6 p.m. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Fiorina were bumped from the main debate on Thursday, though Paul opted not to participate.