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Here Are The Best Social Media Reactions to the First Presidential Debate

Here Are The Best Social Media Reactions to the First Presidential Debate

From Esquire

On Tuesday night, President Trump and Joe Biden met up in Cleveland to (and tonight’s retro-styled, fight night-esque TV presentation made this abundantly clear) do battle. Biden, naturally, prepped with a pint of ice cream and some tunes. President Trump pregamed by tweeting about, what else, corruption at the polls.

The two candidates took the stage at Case Western Reserve University for an event that was projected to see upward of 100 million TV viewers, and only about 100 in-person attendees, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The debate was moderated by Chris Wallace of Fox News, who said in advance of the event that he’d go with a fly-on-the-wall approach, as best he could.

“My job is to be as invisible as possible,” Wallace said. “I'm trying to get them to engage, to focus on the key issues, to give people at home a sense of, ‘why I want to vote for one versus the other.'”

As the first of three televised debates we’ll see before November’s election—you’ll have to wait until October 15 for the next one—Tuesday’s discourse is focused on the big topics. The roughly 15-minute-long segments include: "The Trump and Biden Records," "The Supreme Court," "COVID-19," "The Economy," "Race and Violence in our Cities," and "The Integrity of the Election."

Of course, the crowds on social media had plenty to say about the event. Memes, takes, all of it. Here’s the best of what social media had to say about 2020’s first general election presidential debate.

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