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Democratic Nominee for President of the United States former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

We can always count on the internet to perfectly summarize any major event in memes, hashtags, tweets, and other forms of comedy. Here are the best social media moments from #debatenight.

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The internet wasted no time preparing for #debatenight.

By the time the event started, there were reports of tension in the crowd. We should have known things would get out of hand when this happened:

The debate began like this:

Hillary Clinton announced her fact checker early on.

Donald Trump challenged Clinton’s plan to combat racism:

Screenshots come in handy, don’t they:

When Trump started talking about “law and order” …

She hit the nail on the head:

Snapchat filters added extra life to the debate:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BK3QR56D-fz/?tagged=debatenight

Trump tried his best to use his aggressive “temperament” to dominate the conversation, but Clinton dropped the mic when she dropped this line:

Sidebar, this happened:

(Don’t worry, the Republican presidential nominee came back later to shake host Lester Holt‘s hand)

https://www.instagram.com/p/BK2cZh5DsHr/?tagged=lesterholt

Holt faced tough criticism:

Who knew Jerry Springer would be the voice of reason:

Plies, however, didn’t watch:

But this was the consensus for those who did:

The end.

PHOTO CREDIT: Getty, Twitter, Instagram

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The Internet’s Glorious Reaction To #DebateNight  was originally published on hellobeautiful.com