The first presidential debate of the dreaded 2024 election has come and gone in 90 minutes of incomprehensible back-and-forth, and it delivered doomsday vibes far worse than we expected. The evening offered voters a closer look at the two major party options they have this November: Donald Trump, who spewed un-fact-checked nonsense, and Joe Biden, who coughed his way through rambling answers and told off his opponent for having the “morals of an alleycat.” Most informed viewers weren’t expecting Biden to deliver a knockout performance, but were likely hoping for something a little more… lively. While NBC News reported mid-debate that Biden likely had a cold this week, here’s hoping someone on his team has the wherewithal to give this man two to three Celsiuses before his next public appearance without a teleprompter.
The general consensus from those following along at home was that the debate was a “horrible” representation of American politics (the word was trending on X towards the end of the event). If our political leaders can’t stir up camaraderie amongst Americans, our disbelief in them — and their mental and moral capacities — sure can, as viewers united in a delusional flurry of memes, tweets, and group chat messages. Here, we offer you the very best reactions to one of the worst presidential debate showings in recent memory so that we might all laugh-cry together.
It could be worse. Those could be the two guys running for president
— broti gupta (@BrotiGupta) June 28, 2024
we need her pic.twitter.com/zRDcQgnT0x
— my flop era???????????? (@hello_itsnotbi) June 28, 2024
what we need up there right now is a professional yapper, someone tap her in pic.twitter.com/BwJAamwTj0
— reid (@thereidfeed) June 28, 2024
They have Biden’s goal for the night written in the lower corner. pic.twitter.com/Cj4h3tuVl8
— Joe List (@JoeListComedy) June 28, 2024
Biden coughing like Beth in Little Women I'm sure it's fine
— Mike Scollins (@mikescollins) June 28, 2024
this is going to ruin the tour
— Casey Lewis (@caseymlewis) June 28, 2024
They are NOT working it out on the remix
— Rose Dommu (@rosedommu) June 28, 2024
started watching the debate, experienced psychic death, turned it off, turned it back on, a howling void to a ghoul dimension yawed beneath my clavicles, i turned it off again and now im sitting in a dark room feeling lousy
— Talia Lavin (@mobydickenergy) June 28, 2024
two men near death arguing about who is better at golf to attain access to the nuclear codes. should i kill myself
— matt (@mattxiv) June 28, 2024
TRUMP: This guy literally kills babies. Two year old babies.
— Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan) June 28, 2024
BIDEN, LOOKING SKELETAL: Now… now..
TRUMP: This guy asked Mexico to send its prisoners here.
BIDEN: [eyes widen] hey…
TRUMP: Attractive white girls—dead. Is that what you want?
TAPPER: We now turn to taxes.
The rest of the world watching the US #Debates2024 pic.twitter.com/b0EJFq5nPQ
— Natasha ❀ (@ndelriego) June 28, 2024
This is the worst SNL cold open ever#Debates2024
— Chris Illuminati (@chrisilluminati) June 28, 2024
Biden and Trump tonight #Debates2024 #DebateNight
— ZEEZ ???? (@Swaggzeez1) June 28, 2024
pic.twitter.com/40u1Qkha9P
Me looking at my only two options for president #Debates2024 pic.twitter.com/LkGeejoK0c
— Foxx (@0nlyFoxx) June 28, 2024
They shoulda just done hot ones and whoever lived can have it
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) June 28, 2024
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