Republicans Attack Democrat Debaters on Twitter

 

By    |   Tuesday, 13 October 2015 11:35 PM EDT ET

Republican presidential candidates took to Twitter to comment on the Democratic debate Tuesday, with most of them focusing on front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Donald Trump, who is leading the GOP field, slammed the candidates throughout — first taking the high road. He sent this tweet about 10 minutes before the debate started:


Just seconds before the questioning began, Trump sent this out:


He dismissed former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley:


About an hour into the debate, Trump sought input from other Twitter followers:


He then sized up all five debaters:


Clinton then responded to a question about the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans and the email controversy. Several GOP candidates responded:

Trump:


Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee:


South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham:


Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush:


Former New York Gov. George Pataki:


The responses to illegal immigration also drew Republican ire:

Trump:


Huckabee:


On other issues, Republicans widely dinged Clinton.

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum:


Pataki:


Trump hit Clinton on ducking the question on "Black Lives Matter":


Huckabee said this on the responses to legalizing medical marijuana:


Ninety minutes into the debate — an hour before it actually ended on CNN — Trump rendered his decision:


Graham soon followed:


Throughout the night Trump re-tweeted many posts that praised him:





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