Last updated on September 25th, 2023 at 01:45 pm
The most retweeted presidential candidate during the Fox News debate was not a Republican. It was Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
According to Twitter:
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Most-retweeted presidential candidate Tweet of #GOPDebate came from Democrat @BernieSanders: https://t.co/UyZCl4C7Oe
— Twitter Government (@gov) August 7, 2015
Bernie Sanders was live tweeting the Republican debate by dropping bombs and delivering zingers:
.@ScottWalker: "repeal Obamacare." Throw millions of more people off of their health insurance. Great idea. #DebateWIthBernie
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 7, 2015
Sanders on Jeb Bush:
.@JebBush has a lot of respect for his brother George W. Really? Let's not forget the virtual collapse of our economy when he left office.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 7, 2015
Sanders on Donald Trump:
Did @realDonaldTrump just support a national single-payer health system? Well. He was right on something. #DebateWithBernie
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 7, 2015
Sanders on the debate itself:
Tom Hanks. Finally. Somebody who makes some sense. #GOPDebate #DebateWithBernie
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 7, 2015
Oh. It was just a movie trailer. #GOPDebate #DebateWithBernie
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 7, 2015
The media has spent the day spinning the snoozefest of a debate as evidence of the deep Republican bench, but outside of Donald Trump, none of these candidates generated a whiff of excitement in the real world.
Bernie Sanders is a more popular candidate than all of those who Fox News featured in their debate. It is unfortunate that the American people are going to have wait until October to see him on the debate stage.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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