Last night brought us the feistiest Democratic Debate ever
Side eye. Shade. Substantial topics. Last night was arguably the most eventful presidential debate yet.

Senator Bernie Sanders and Former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton were the sole players in last night’s debate, hosted by PBS NewsHour.
Joining the candidates on stage were NewsHour co-anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff, the first all-female-duo to moderate a televised presidential debate.
This debate is an important one, seeing as it directly follows the New Hampshire primary, where Sen. Sanders won by a huge margin. This debate, many critics agreed Clinton took the edge.
Here’s what got everyone majorly talking last night.
1. The female-majority on stage.
Great to see two women moderating the #DemDebate. Yes we noticed.
— Wise Latinas Linked (@wiselatinaslink) February 12, 2016
"We've had something like 200 presidential primary debates & this is the 1st time we've had a majority of women on stage." – HRC #DemDebate
— Shelby Knox (@ShelbyKnox) February 12, 2016
Kudos to @gwenifill and @JudyWoodruff for an excellent and substantive and Historic #DemDebate tonite for @PBS @NewsHour
— Michele Norris (@michele_norris) February 12, 2016
2. Starting off the debate with references to women’s health:
Weird how when three women are involved in a debate, women's issues get a legit amount of air time… #DemDebate
— Emma Gray (@emmaladyrose) February 12, 2016
Women should not be discriminated against in Social Security for time spent caregiving. This is amazing. #DemDebate
— Erin Matson (@erintothemax) February 12, 2016
If this debate keeps talking about women’s issues – i.e. women’s health care – I would be ok with this.#DemDebate
— Jammy McJamface (@jamrockstar) February 12, 2016
2. HRC’s ideas on deportation:
Did @HillaryClinton really say she favored returning children to war zones "to send a message"? What an awful, awful person. #DemDebate
— Joe Catron (@jncatron) February 12, 2016
Deporting kids to "send a msg" to fams not to send them to the US w/smugglers. As if fams wd do that if they had any alternative. #DemDebate
— Arissa Oh (@arissaoh) February 12, 2016
"We don't use children to send a message" – @BernieSanders #DemDebate
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) February 12, 2016
3. The behemoth that is Wall Street:
"A kid with marijuana gets a criminal record, but a wall street executive who destroyed our economy walks free." – Bernie Sanders #DemDebate
— Alexis Isabel (@lexi4prez) February 5, 2016
#HillarySoProgressive She uses her Wall Street Donations to hire speech writers to make her sound tough on Wall Street #DemDebate
— Jimmy Dore (@jimmy_dore) February 12, 2016
"Wall Street is an entity of unbelievable economic and political power."
–Bernie Sanders #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/eiEM7cQFtm
— AJ+ (@ajplus) February 5, 2016
4. The Sanders shade:
"Secretary Clinton, you're not in the white house yet." Bernie throwing shade. #DemDebate
— Alexis Isabel (@lexi4prez) February 12, 2016
"Madame Secretary, that is a low blow." –@BernieSanders defends his feelings about #Obama. #DemDebate
— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) February 12, 2016
This is the feistiest Democratic debate I've seen this campaign season. Side eye. Throwing shade. It's got it all. #DemDebate
— Asma Khalid (@asmamk) February 5, 2016
5. When HRC repeatedly tried to accuse Bernie of being anti-Obama:
"One of us ran against Barack Obama. I was not that candidate" Highest shade-to-word ratio of the entire #DemDebate
— Tyler Koteskey (@TKoteskey76) February 12, 2016
Clinton is accusing Sanders of being anti-Obama. Feels fake and contrived to me, and rather nasty.
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) February 12, 2016
Hillary not only attacked Obama viciously. She also praised McCain to hurt the Democratic nominee… #DemDebatepic.twitter.com/8XHelfARHu
— akaGenji (@QuinnDaGhost) February 12, 2016
6. The scathing exchanges regarding Henry Kissinger:
"It's easy to talk to your friends. Even if your friends are Henry Kissinger."
– @BernieSanders throwing shade.#tytlive #DemDebate— Malcolm Fleschner (@CultureShlock) February 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton is spending a Democratic debate defending Henry Kissinger.
Let that sink in for a second. Again let it sink in. #DemDebate
— Tory Stephens (@torystephens) February 12, 2016
Shorter Hillary: I'd rather listen to a war criminal on foreign policy than nobody. Uhh, ok. #DemDebate
— Secular Talk (@KyleKulinski) February 12, 2016
7. The debate did miss a few glaring topics:
how are we discussing social security and not mentioning people with disabilities? #DemDebate #CripTheVote
— ace ratcliff ♿️ (@MortuaryReport) February 12, 2016
One day, when the candidates talks about race, they'll include Asians & Middle Easterners, too. Not there yet though. #DemDebate
— nora rahimian (@norarahimian) February 12, 2016
So Bern and Hill. I am a black woman who is neither poor or in prison. What do you plan to do for me? *crickets* #DemDebate
— Jennifer O O'Connell (@asthegirlturns) February 12, 2016
8. That being said, it was a relief to finally watch a debate, relatively headache-free:
"institutional racism"
"systemic racism"I don't care who you're supporting – that this is the language they're using is A+ #DemDebate
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) February 12, 2016
#WhatILoveIn4Words People having intelligent debates! #DemDebate
— DeniseVasquez (@DENISEVASQUEZ) February 12, 2016
Whomever you support, both candidates are addressing substantive issues with solutions, rather than attempting to sell you fear.#DemDebate
— Greg Hogben (@MyDaughtersArmy) February 12, 2016