What Twitter Pundits Are Saying About the CNN Republican Debate
Check out the instant spin room.
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CNN will air the 12th Republican primary debate on Thursday night.* Before the previous debate, we pointed out that Marco Rubio had taunted Donald Trump about the size of his penis on the campaign trail and noted that we wouldn’t “hear that joke again tonight.” Oops.
We’re a little reluctant to make any predictions this time around. Here’s what we do know: Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich will be on a stage. They will say words. The words will be about America.
All right, fine. Kasich will most likely continue being friendly. Trump, who just won Michigan, Mississippi, and Hawaii, will continue being Trump. Lyin’, booger-eatin’ Cruz will urge the party to rally around him in a final bid to stop Trump. And Rubio, who should have dropped out by now, will, hopefully, not be called “Little Marco.”
Pundits and politicos will be watching closely as the candidates shatter and stomp on the shards of our expectations and their own dignity. Below are those commentators’ live tweets, drawn from a list of top accounts curated by Slate. Those who lean left are on the left; those who lean right are on the right. Enjoy the instant spin.
*Correction, March 10, 2016: This article originally misstated the day of the debate.
