Presidential Debate Tweets That Made Us All Laugh ... And Cry

"OK if you don't live in the US, please turn the debate off. This is our private family humiliation, and we'd all prefer you not stare."

Published June 27 2024, 9:39 p.m. ET

Thursday, June 27 marked the first Presidential Debate for the 2024 election and ... it was a real doozy. It didn't take long for everyone watching to start feeling uncomfortable. Luckily, we all had an outlet — X (formerly Twitter)!

Here are the best Tweets we saw on debate night. They made us laugh, they made us cry ... they made us laugh to keep us from crying. It's a long road to November, folks. At least we have humor to keep us going.

Watching the world burn

Does anyone else feel like we should be apologizing to, like, everyone in the world?

Sounds about right...

Two old guys fighting poorly? Where have we seen this before?

Time for a third-party candidate?

There were times that we couldn't decide who was doing worse. Let's just say they were both bad in their own unique ways, and we're all worried.

Light 'em up

Listen, you gotta vote. And you probably have to vote for one of these old guys. But you don't have to like it. (And you can consider taking up smoking if it helps.)

What even is time anymore?

Does anyone else feel like we're stuck in some kind of terrible time warp where nothing is changing or ever getting better and is in fact getting worse by the second? Just me?

Honestly, we get it.

We're glad that someone can laugh. We wish we could!

Please avert your eyes

You know when you have a friend over and then your family suddenly forgets how to act like normal people for like 5 seconds? This is kind of like that. Except it happens every four years.

Finish your drinks!

We don't condone irresponsible drinking, but ... we also don't condone a lot of what's going on on that stage, so. You know. Make your own decisions.

Not a chance

Do you know how many people live in America? It's a lot. And a lot of those are qualified to run for President. But somehow we ended up with these two jamocha shakes!

I mean, it's not wrong

Unless you're still clinging to those old "alternative facts," it's true that former president Donald Trump is a convicted felon. So we can all agree it's weird that he's allowed to be that close to the current president, right?

All summed up in one picture

The only thing this meme got wrong is that nobody is yelling. They're just talking quietly like old, old guys. Because they are old, old guys.

Nobody is doing that

Regardless of who you are voting for this November, you should know that no state has passed a law that allows killing a baby after birth. It was a wacky thing to say, but it'd be even wackier to believe it.

We're all in this together

Hi, Leanna! Welcome to this meme roundup. You made the right decision.

Pour me another one!

Did we say we were against irresponsible drinking earlier? Well now we're wine-drunk and we take it back, actually. Sometimes drinking irresponsibly is actually the most responsible thing you can do.

We could just try it, right?

All we're saying is we've done this with a lot of old white guys and maybe it'd be nice to try something else for a change! Maybe a dog? Everyone loves dogs.

Make it 100 percent!

Yeah, we know we already included two other Tweets about drinking during the debate. This is another one. It's necessary.

It's a tough job

ICYMI, the candidates' mics are muted whenever it's not their turn to speak. With all of this back and forth, we feel for the person who has to stay on top of that! Solidarity to anyone else out there working during these debates. Cheers!

Let's do the math

As rough as the debate was to watch, both candidates did have a couple of zingers. This one was Biden's, and Trump's was obviously saying "I don't know what he just said ... I don't think he knows what he just said either." Ouch!

What's the worst that could happen?

Is anyone else feeling jealous of Abraham Lincoln right now?

Good job reading the room

On the one hand, maybe it'd lighten the mood. On the other hand, this is an absolutely terrible idea. Do not do it. Please.

Lucky guy!

Take us with you, Joe.

Heehee.

If anyone is feeling better about *gestures broadly* everything after this debate, we'd love to talk to them. We have a bridge to sell them!

But why did they talk about golf for so long?

Remember when the two candidates for President of the United States of America spent time debating their golf handicaps? That was wild.

Welp.

The vibes are very "string quartet at the end of the Titanic movie" rn.

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