The first Democratic debate happened Tuesday night. And things got tense. Check out these tweets reacting to the candidates’ stances.

https://twitter.com/MrSpradley/status/654113786551513089

https://twitter.com/TylerHuckabee/status/654123624467689472

https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/654125163777167360

Mark O'Malley claims he helped black communities in Baltimore for the better pic.twitter.com/7f3skTV2rG

— Live Tweeting (@BlavityLive) October 14, 2015

Webb basically said #AllLivesMatter & then he mention ONE Black Marine he fought for. Sorry, not enough sir. #DemDebate

— Kamau Marshall (@KamauMandela) October 14, 2015

Did Webb get lost on his way to the Republican debate? #DemDebate

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) October 14, 2015

https://twitter.com/goldietaylor/status/654118855195951104

If Don Lemon can only ask about black people and Juan Carlos Lopez can only ask about Hispanics, Wolf Blitzer only gets to ask about wolves.

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) October 14, 2015

Chaffee: we can't trust Hillary decision making
Hillary: Obama does. pic.twitter.com/P1WOpPXFyM

— James R. Jones, PhD (@blackcapitol) October 14, 2015

https://twitter.com/TheFix/status/654119781726060544

https://twitter.com/goldietaylor/status/654119930212782080

.@HillaryClinton, ever feel like somebody's watching you? #DemDebate #CNNDebate pic.twitter.com/HpUILB63Ik

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) October 14, 2015

https://twitter.com/Nigerianscamsss/status/654115046247788544

.@HillaryClinton is moving like she has the black vote already. Still not talking explicitly to black people. 😒

— Johnetta Elzie (@Nettaaaaaaaa) October 14, 2015

Hillary talks like she already has the nomination. She's campaigning for a Democrat president. #DemDebate

— The OG AI #StopCopCity (@BlackIngenue) October 14, 2015

i bet bernie sanders has challenged somebody to a duel before

— tracy clayton jr the 3rd (@brokeymcpoverty) October 14, 2015

When your girl drags you somewhere you ain't wanna go:

#DemDebate pic.twitter.com/3hHkT3H0sP

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) October 14, 2015

What did you think about the first Democratic debate? Let us know in the comments below!

Martin O'Malley

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