The last debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is finally over. It had fewer wild moments than previous debates, with both Clinton and Trump appearing subdued.
Here are some of the highlights, as captured in Twitter:
GUNS – Trump insisted Clinton wanted to take away all the guns, and proudly noted his NRA endorsement.
Closing loopholes is a-ok with me. And I'm a gun owner. Background check me ALL you want. HRC isn't here to take your guns away #debatenight
— Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush) October 20, 2016
ABORTION – Trump promoted yet another of his multiple positions on abortion.
Donald Trump took 5 different positions on abortion in 3 days https://t.co/GJuYqgHhtM #debatenight
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) October 20, 2016
IMMIGRATION – Trump touted his “Great Wall”, and noted (falsely) that ICE, a federal agency, had endorsed him.
Could someone please tell him that ICE did not endorse him? #altMlive #debatenight https://t.co/WbgDbF7oEL
— Sofia Ali-Khan (@Sofia_alikhan) October 20, 2016
BIGLY – Trump used the word “bigly” multiple times.
The biggest takeaway from #debatenight so far is that #DonaldTrump thinks the volume of his voice = how bigly he's winning.
It doesn't. pic.twitter.com/VBwYVvyFdk
— Brent McCluskey (@BrentMcCluskey) October 20, 2016
PUPPET – The candidates sparred over who was Putin’s puppet.
Yes, this happened #debates pic.twitter.com/Qymt9XYsJR
— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) October 20, 2016
Let's be clear: Vladimir Putin is using Donald Trump to advance Russia's goals https://t.co/9aU5e7Dam7 #debate
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) October 20, 2016
ECONOMY – Trump noted (yet again) that he didn’t pay taxes and it was Clinton’s fault, because she was responsible for all the laws of the land. Clinton responded that undocumented immigrants pay more taxes than Trump. Trump responded by calling her a “nasty woman.”
We have undocumented immigrants in America who are paying more federal income tax than a so-called billionaire. #DebateNight
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 20, 2016
"If you don't like what I did, you should have changed the law." -Donald Trump on taxes #debatenight
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) October 20, 2016
After Clinton made a joke about Donald Trump's history of not paying taxes, Trump said to the first woman nominee for POTUS #debatenight pic.twitter.com/yAb8qro0GU
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) October 20, 2016
GROPING – Yet again the debate veered into the accusations of sexual assault, against Trump and Bill Clinton. Trump tried to change the subject.
Trump: "I didn't even apologize to my wife…because I didn't do anything. I didn't know these women…I think it's her campaign." #debate
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 20, 2016
Pivot from sexual assault to emails? We see you @realDonaldTrump #debate
— Jenan Mohajir (@JenanMohajir) October 20, 2016
CONFLICT OF INTEREST – The candidates sparred over potential conflicts of interest created by the Clinton Foundation, with Clinton getting in some zingers about Trump’s own charitable foundation.
"I contribute." No, Trump hasn't contributed to his own foundation since 2008.https://t.co/p5yhhyx9Eh#debatenight #debate
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) October 20, 2016
RIGGING OF ELECTION – Trump made it clear that he would consider not conceding the election, leading to one of the most shocking moments of the night.
“I’ll keep you in suspense”: Trump declines to say whether he would concede to Clinton if he loses. #debatenight https://t.co/5pky1ldi1H
— CNN (@CNN) October 20, 2016
Trump will not concede. I said it here. This election won't be over on Nov. 8th. #DebateNight
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) October 20, 2016
MUSLIMS AND RADICAL ISLAM – Clinton again noted the connection between the American Muslim community and countering violent extremism, leading to disappointment by many commentators. Trump, as usual, made wild and false claims about Syrian refugees.
We are thankful to #ChrisWallace for calling out #Trump for blatantly lying about Syria & the Muslim world. #debatenight
— Muslims for Hillary (@Muslims4Hillary) October 20, 2016
Uhh, Muslim Americans are not on the frontlines of the war on terror. #altMlive #debatenight
— altMuslimah (@AltMuslimah) October 20, 2016
Trump: Many Syrian refugees are ISIS aligned.
Uh, then why would they come here, rather than ISIS. #debatenight
— Omer M. Mozaffar (@mozaffar) October 20, 2016
TRUMP PRAISES ASSAD: Trump praised the murderous Syrian dictator Assad, calling him smarter than the sitting President of the United States.
Donald Trump: Assad is "much tougher and much smarter" than Clinton or Obama https://t.co/lCrRlUZVqz #DebateNight https://t.co/VVGqJCvUri
— CNN (@CNN) October 20, 2016
CONCLUDING STATEMENTS: Trump once again discussed “the African Americans” only within the context of guns, poverty, and inner cities.
There we are…..I knew he was gon' mention Black foke in the same breath with guns, inner cities and no education #debate #debatenight pic.twitter.com/n2zsXuKpHu
— Sheila Taylor Clark (@SoShaydee) October 20, 2016
CHRIS WALLACE PERFORMANCE: Wallace performed strongly in his role as moderator, leading many to conclude that he was the best moderator of all the debates.
Chris Wallace is the moderator America has been waiting for. #debatenight #debate2016 #maddow https://t.co/ix7JVbsZso
— Amanda Quraishi (@ImTheQ) October 20, 2016
NOT EVEN CLOSE: Chris Wallace is far & away the best moderator we've seen in the three debates #debatenight
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) October 20, 2016
IT’S OVER! The last debate ended with probably all of American heaving a sigh of relief. Nothing left now but to cast your votes!
In more ways than one, Trump has left the building #ItsOverHombre #debatenight
— rabia chaudry (@rabiasquared) October 20, 2016
Hillary counting the seconds for this to end, so she can figure out what she needs to do her first day in office. #altmlive #debatenight
— Mariam Ahmed (@mariamamd) October 20, 2016
Voting is "one of the honors and obligations of living in this country.” #altMlive #debatenight
— altMuslimah (@AltMuslimah) October 20, 2016
