CNBC’s GOP presidential debate: Twitter commentary about the 2016 Republican presidential candidates.

Here’s What Twitter’s Smartest Liberals and Conservatives Are Saying About CNBC’s GOP Debates

Here’s What Twitter’s Smartest Liberals and Conservatives Are Saying About CNBC’s GOP Debates

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Oct. 28 2015 5:00 PM

The Instant Spin Room

What Twitter’s smartest liberals and conservatives are saying about CNBC’s GOP debates.

Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, Donald Trump.
Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, and Donald Trump.

Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Spencer Platt/Getty Images, Jim Young/Reuters, Brian Snyder/Reuters, Scott Morgan/Reuters.

The GOP presidential candidates will return to the debate stage Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on CNBC in the third of 12 GOP debates scheduled this primary season (there will also be another undercard debate for second-tier candidates at 6 p.m.). With the previous debate’s participants all returning—except for Scott Walker, who dropped out last month—we can safely expect more of the same: Chris Christie’s irritated rants, Ben Carson’s head-scratching historical theories, and Trump’s … Trump-isms. As always, pundits from both sides of the ideological spectrum will be tweeting their insights, jokes, and jabs. Below are live tweets from top pundits and politicos. On the left, you’ll see the liberal tweets. On the right, you’ll see the conservative ones. Enjoy the instant spin!


Chris Kirk is a web developer at New York magazine and Slate’s former interactives editor. Follow him on Twitter.