Twitter Was Ready To Roast The Primary Debates

By Lauren Rearick


The road to the 2020 Presidential election kicked off Wednesday night in Miami, Florida, as soon as 10 Democratic hopefuls took the stage for the opening primary debate. There was a lot of yelling, a not-insignificant quantity of Spanish, and plenty of dodged questions and nonanswers. And, naturally, Twitter was prepared to pounce on the gaffes, celebrate the punches, and make plenty of jokes on their own.


However what were the ideal memes of the night? We’ll leave that for you to determine as you prepare those Twitter fingers for night two, plus a whole new roster of candidates ripe for roasting.


¿Hablas Español?


Thanks to Senator Cory Booker, we right now have the most brilliant surprisedface.Gif for every future social media occasion. The emoji IRL expression came any time Beto O’Rourke answered a question in Spanish, which Senator Booker was apparently not expecting.


Were We Are Really Watching The Bachelor This Whole Time?


Twitter couldn’t help although compare the evening’s debate to an episode of The Bachelor, and to be fair, with a two-night event that includes 23 candidates plus a lot of drama, the comparison was spot-on.


What is Beto attempting to tell us?





Apparently, even politicians accustomed to being in the public eye get nervous, and penty of Twitter users speedily pointed out that Congressman O’Rourke just couldn’t figure out where to place his hands.


Senator Warren in the Middle


The quick quips between candidates and continued sparring left several, including Senator Warren, struggling to keep up. Tennis, anyone?


Doing My Best To Not Imagine Trump In A Bathrobe


Thank you, Senator Amy Klobuchar, for not only a very comprehensive answer to the question about the Iran Deal nevertheless also by forcing each person to imagine President Trump in a bathrobe.


“This president is one tweet away from going to war. And I don't think we should conduct foreign policy in a bathrobe, which is what he does,” she said.


One Final Mic Check


The second half of the debate was forced to take a unexpected commercial break any time other people’s microphones were unintentionally left on. The hot mic moment captured someone audibly looking for a binder, and hopefully they noticed it.