Debate Viewers Break the Tension by Imagining a Lovely Duet Between Trump and Clinton
After last night’s extremely contentious showdown between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, debate viewers were probably in real need of some levity to break through the awkward tension. Fortunately, that’s what the internet is for, and they delivered in the form of #debatesongs.
Throughout much of the town hall, Clinton and Trump circled the stage as they stared each other down and took questions from the audience. While some people said that this only made the debate more confrontational, numerous Twitter users seized upon a picture from the debate, and re-envisioned it as if Trump and Clinton were in the middle of singing a charming musical number together:
trump: we gonna bop bop bop bop to the top
clinton: slip and slide and ride that rhythm pic.twitter.com/6WrXfbig0n
— tom harlock (@tom_harlock) October 10, 2016
I’ve had the time of my life,
No I never felt this way before.
Yes I swear it’s the truth,
and I owe it all to you. #debatesongs pic.twitter.com/JzqeCW4VnH— David Mac Dougall (@davidmacdougall) October 10, 2016
Trump: “?Don’t go breaking my heart?”
Clinton: “?I couldn’t if I tried!”?#debatesongs pic.twitter.com/30iLqwM0IE
— ✨Grigio Boy✨ (@JDudleyRowe) October 10, 2016
But I’m a creep
I’m a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here
I don’t belong here— Charlotte Food Fight (@CLTfoodfight) October 10, 2016
??”Bam! Aw, man! I, slam, jam, now scream like Tarzan”??#debatesongs #debate pic.twitter.com/xRaQJ0aw1p
— _Champland (@_Believeland) October 10, 2016
We could’ve had alllllllllllllll
Rolling in the deeeeeeeeppp #debatesongs pic.twitter.com/vRst8XlMeR— Reginal Aurelien (@RegiAurelien) October 10, 2016
And then they sang an incredible duet of “Unforgettable.” pic.twitter.com/BlgCV0j2c2
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) October 10, 2016
Yo, I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,… ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ #debatesongs pic.twitter.com/zRxUizUyJe— Severi Saraste (@SeveriSaraste) October 10, 2016
The win for best tweet on this joke might go to Buzzfeed:
oh god pic.twitter.com/RSdpKk464S
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) October 10, 2016
[Image via screengrab]
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