At Tuesday night’s CNN Democratic Debate, one major onstage ingredient was missing for entertainment’s sake. Fortunately, Donald Trump did not abandon his primary function. He may not have been onstage, but he sat at the comfort of his laptop and live-tweeted the debate because he missed the drama of the limelight.
Sadly, Trump’s tweets failed to make America great again. He was out-stupid-ed by Mike Huckabee, and perhaps Trump threw in the towel too early. He did take a moment to pass judgment on the Black Lives Matter question, but mostly, Trump reminded us that he’s more of a celebrity than a typical presidential candidate. He also called out the evening’s players.
Sorry, there is no STAR on the stage tonight!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
All are very scripted and rehearsed, two (at least) should not be on the stage.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
The hardest thing Clinton has to do is defend her bad decision making including Iraq vote, e-mails etc.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
Sanders said only black lives matter – wow! Hillary did not answer question!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
Can anyone imagine Chafee as president? No way.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
O'Malley, as former Mayor of Baltimore, has very little chance.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015
Elsewhere, Bill Clinton watched and supported Hillary Clinton from the privacy of his Las Vegas hotel room. He’s a gambling man.
What happens in Vegas…is I watch @HillaryClinton prove she's the most qualified candidate for POTUS. #ImWithHer pic.twitter.com/ax1d56Whwt
— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) October 14, 2015
Several celebs took a brief moment to acknowledge the theater of politics.
https://twitter.com/SethMacFarlane/status/654094207997480961
Making a bucket of Debate Bolognese. Verrrrry spicy with a hint of passive aggression. Not for the faint of tongue. #DemDebateCantWait
— olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) October 13, 2015
This is kind of an awkward dinner party. #DemDebate
— zooey deschanel (@ZooeyDeschanel) October 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/katz/status/654128386688860160
A good chunk of celebrities could only see one candidate onstage.
#DemDebate @BernieSanders you are killing it! You'd raise my taxes😕, but I understand. You hit all my other points, and I like it
— Raven-Symonè (@ravensymone) October 14, 2015
Bernie Sanders set the agenda of this Election. It's pretty amazing considering where he came from and how the media has treated him.
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) October 14, 2015
Is it just me or is Bernie Sanders winning this debate?
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) October 14, 2015
Hillary, we will all feel a lot better about you when you stop being such a close friend to the banking system. #DebateWithBernie
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) October 14, 2015
Whereas Rosie O’Donnell couldn’t suppress her excitement for another.
GO HILLARY CLINTON !!!!
— ROSIE (@Rosie) October 14, 2015
Jared Leto kept it real and method like only Leto can do.
Anyone else hear a distant phone ringing in the background? #DemocraticDebate @CNN #tinnitus? #tourlife
— JARED LETO (@JaredLeto) October 14, 2015
Michael Keaton didn’t limit himself to candidates. He praised Anderson Cooper for his mad moderating skills.
in terms of specifics and being about something- about issues, compared to republican debate–not even close!
— Michael Keaton (@MichaelKeaton) October 14, 2015
Night and day difference AND the democrats consistently disappoint me. ALSO, Anderson Cooper is doing a great job.
— Michael Keaton (@MichaelKeaton) October 14, 2015
was ready for a snoozer–big reason it was not?–Anderson Cooper
— Michael Keaton (@MichaelKeaton) October 14, 2015
And of course, reactions included some shots at “good boy” Lincoln Chafee.
"Please add me to your network on LinkedIn" – Lincoln Chaffee #DemDebate
— Gabriel Arana (he/him/his) (@gabrielarana) October 14, 2015
I wish a nice person would escort Chafee offstage. #DemDebate
— Ben White (@EconomyBen) October 14, 2015
