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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