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If you had better things to do than watch CNN for two and a half hours, never fear: The Federalist has collected the best tweets of the evening for your reading pleasure.
Six Democratic candidates faced each other on stage last night for the seventh and final time before the first votes are cast in Iowa Caucus in three weeks.
If you’ve watched the last 117 rounds, you knew what you were in for:
Related Story: Democratic Debate Winners And Losers
Here are The Best Tweets Of The Night
Got to side with Sanders: Election Day 1990 was within the last 30 years.
— Ramesh Ponnuru (@RameshPonnuru) January 15, 2020
"this question…of whether a woman can win…has been raised…" – Elizabeth Warren
BECAUSE YOU RAISED IT #DemocraticDebate
— Amanda Carey Elliott 💁♀️ (@AmandaCarey1) January 15, 2020
This is going to be ponderous.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) January 15, 2020
I'm a Texan of Irish decent, live in boondocks, am too proud of my truck, listen to country music and I'm less white than this. pic.twitter.com/JKnP5KXaT6
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) January 15, 2020
How is it possible that enough people out there are unironically voting for Tom Steyer that it got him on stage tonight.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 15, 2020
“Why are you best prepared to be Commander in Chief” is such a dumb question. It’s just an invitation to put out a live press release. These debates have all been like this, hence mostly useless.
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) January 15, 2020
*It's okay I was wrong on the Iraq War because I was Obama's VP* is literally Biden's answer.
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) January 15, 2020
Biden went there early! pic.twitter.com/N7ljIdVObc
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 15, 2020
I guess I wonder how much voters care about the 2002 Iraq war vote in 2020
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) January 15, 2020
Klobuchar shakes with the conviction of a thousand holy spirits
— Berny Belvedere (@bernybelvedere) January 15, 2020
Pete Buttigieg sounds like an automated customer service line. I scream OPERATOR at my TV whenever he comes on.
— Give Smart! (@BobbyBigWheel) January 15, 2020
Pete Buttigieg looks like a young version of the Smoking Man from The X-Files pic.twitter.com/Gy5Sr9hs3g
— Monstertruckin Momma (@condiricenbeans) January 13, 2020
Mayor Pete is what you get if you combine Burns and Smithers.
— Nathaniel Friedman (@freedarko) January 15, 2020
Notice Elizabeth Warren lumps in "climate" while talking about national defense.
Interesting. #DemDebate
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) January 15, 2020
WOLF BLITZER: Tom Steyer, why should voters you should be Commander in Chief of the largest military in the history of the world?
TOM STEYER: I have traveled to many countries.
— Peter Suderman (@petersuderman) January 15, 2020
Man it would be great to see @TulsiGabbard up on the stage right now
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) January 15, 2020
What this #DemDebate is missing:
Mod: "Mr. Yang, how will you address not only Iran but also North Korea now with tensions so high?"
Yang: "Well, one thing I think with regards to Iran that we need is, if we just give people $1000, uh, Iran will denuclearize itself & buy PS5s"
— #BeatOhioState (@communist_moon) January 15, 2020
We are about as close to the Vietnam war now, as voters were to World War 2… in the 1992 election of Bill Clinton. https://t.co/rE0c6emSMd
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) January 15, 2020
Nearly everything Biden says is a reference to the past.
— Ryan D. Enos (@RyanDEnos) January 15, 2020
“Our job is to rebuild the United Nations”
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) January 15, 2020
Klobuchar would pull troops out of Afghanistan except for some to do "counter-terrorism and training".
What does she think they are doing now?
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) January 15, 2020
https://twitter.com/youbrandinc/status/1217269835748593664
Biden: We need to be the policeman of the world or else we'll need to become the policeman of the world.
— Damon Linker (@DamonLinker) January 15, 2020
Did the same authorization that didn't give Trump permission to do this in Iran give Biden and Obama and Clinton permission to turn Libya into a pile of rubble?
— Matthew Walther (@matthewwalther) January 15, 2020
Biden is lying. Libya was not anchored in the 9/11 AUMF. It was based on Harold Koh’s nihilistic construction of the War Powers Resolution.
— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) January 15, 2020
The mayor of the 4th largest city in Indiana is talking about nuclear proliferation.
— Damon Linker (@DamonLinker) January 15, 2020
First small divide between Warren and Sanders — on USMCA.
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) January 15, 2020
https://twitter.com/youbrandinc/status/1217273469865472001
Moderator asks @BernieSanders: "Are you unwilling to compromise?"
LOL! "No compromise" is Sanders's stock in trade.#DemDebate
— Jeff Jacoby (@Jeff_Jacoby) January 15, 2020
Because Warren is banking on Iowa, which wants it badly, and Bernie is betting on New Hampshire, which doesn't care nearly as much as his progressive base cares about blocking commodities trade? https://t.co/hrbjOLSBTw
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) January 15, 2020
Tom Steyer says on the first day of office he would remove the tariffs on China
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) January 15, 2020
If you think Biden's trade talk sounds familiar that's because its how the Obama admin sold TPP
Which means he still supports it
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) January 15, 2020
Warren has a completely unrealistic idea of how trade talks actually work.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) January 15, 2020
FINALLY BERNIE VS WARREN FIGHT
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) January 15, 2020
MODERATOR: You’re saying that you never told Sen. Warren that a women could not win the election.
SANDERS: That is correct.
MODERATOR: Sen. Warren, what did you think when Sen. Sanders told you a woman could not win the election.
WARREN: I disagreed. pic.twitter.com/8UUKONNaCY
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) January 15, 2020
Asked about report he told Elizabeth Warren that a woman couldn't win the 2020 election, Bernie Sanders denies ever saying it at all.#DemDebate
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) January 15, 2020
Holy shit. The CNN moderator just openly took Warren's side, bailed her out, and saved her from having to back up her claims. One of the most biased moments I've ever seen in a debate. CNN is an absolute clown show. Amazing.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) January 15, 2020
The staffer who wrote that canned Warren answer should have gone with 25 years. Big oops. https://t.co/iv5XV1Xn2p
— Colin J. Smothers (@colinsmo) January 15, 2020
#FactCheck: Sanders won his election 29 years and 2 months ago. https://t.co/W9O7geU0Gy pic.twitter.com/92QevvTNqe
— Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) January 15, 2020
We are now closer to 2050 than we are to 1990 and I am shook https://t.co/mHyW2IVvnf
— Gabby Orr (@GabbyOrr_) January 15, 2020
Warren should just point out that she has experience beating an incumbent Republican who happened to win his office only because he had the luck to run against a deeply unpopular woman and political grifter who radiated a belief that she was entitled to the office
— Michael Brendan Dougherty (@michaelbd) January 15, 2020
I love healthcare policy, but this is healthcare segment is literally the same as every other debate. Can't they ask other healthcare policy questions?
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) January 15, 2020
"Why do we keep having this conversation?" – Tom Steyer, winning me over.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) January 15, 2020
Sanders's visible contempt at being asked How Much It Will Cost is always good, always gif-able
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 15, 2020
I’d love Warren to point out what statute lets her cut drug costs by fiat.
— Brian Rosenwald (@brianros1) January 15, 2020
"I WILL LOWER THE PRICE OF STUFF" -Elizabeth Warren. Why didn't any previous president think of this genius idea?
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) January 15, 2020
Steyer sounds like an idiot on health care.
— Damon Linker (@DamonLinker) January 15, 2020
Good line by Mayor Pete about Medicare for all: Health plans shouldn't just be valued by progressives based on how many trillions they cost or how many people they alienate. #DemocraticDebate
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) January 15, 2020
"This debate isn't real." – Amy Klobuchar.
Thank you, Senator.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) January 15, 2020
What the hell is Klobuchar talking about. The story started in Vegas and ended with her dad getting married three times.
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) January 15, 2020
Bernie: “Let me pick up on this child care thing” is the most Larry David thing he’s ever said. #DemDebate
— Chris Stigall (@ChrisStigall) January 15, 2020
Bernie calls them "moms and dads"
Warren calls them "mommas and daddies."
MORTAL ENEMIES. FIGHT TO THE DEATH.
— Daniel Strauss (@DanielStrauss4) January 15, 2020
Biden calls back to when US Senators made $42,000 a year.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) January 15, 2020
[coughs] $42k in 1972 is equivalent to $253,951 today
— actioncookbook (@actioncookbook) January 15, 2020
Find yourself someone who loves you like Elizabeth Warren loves talking about taking our money.
— Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) January 15, 2020
Klobuchar says that a president is a king if the Senate minority can't call witnesses.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) January 15, 2020
please, i beg of you, stop staring directly into the camera pic.twitter.com/EcYcA29aEs
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) January 15, 2020
me 1 hour and 45 minutes into the #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/gWGOoSthns
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) January 15, 2020
What did they say!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/4hBhUJNB3r
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) January 15, 2020
I'm learning from the #DemDebate candidates that trade deals are bad and trade wars are also bad. WHICH IS IT?
— Salim Furth (@salimfurth) January 15, 2020