“Making two elderly people argue in front of the entire country at 9pm is diabolical,” one person wrote, while another joked, “this will ruin the tour.”
Joe Biden It is donald trump faced off in the CNN presidential debate on Thursday night.
And while the gift president and the old president – who are the presumptive 2024 nominees for the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively – confronted, completely on social media he was offline, with people online accessing X, formerly Twitter, to share their ideas in real time.
Many celebrities expressed their frustration online about how CNN moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash handled the talk, claiming they were completely unresponsive. Meanwhile, social media often poked fun at the whole affair, seemingly seeing the conversation as a big joke.
Read on to see how Hollywood reacted to the conversation, and take a look at the best — and funniest — viral social media posts.
Celebrities slam moderators for failing to fact-check Trump
Celebrities turned to
“whyyyy reasonable if you’re not going to moderate it. Lies are rapid fire. CNN wtf?” Glee alum Kevin McHale he wrote.
“Trump is a convicted criminal – making up whatever he wants. CNN has abdicated every responsibility for definition,” actor John Cusack he added, referring to Trump being found responsible of all 34 criminal charges in his silent trial.
“None of us can imagine what’s coming out of Trump’s mouth,” actress Sofia Bush declared. “And I would bet none of us can understand why none of the moderators are truth-checking Trump’s stream of lies?”
After all, celebrities with ring wings like Caitlyn Jenner It is Roseanne Barr confirmed their support for Trump on X and criticized Biden.
“This can’t be real life! It just can’t! F*ck! This is America!”
About that, Jon Stewart – who is it internet hosting The present diary until the 2024 election — gave his candid assessment of the talk on Thursday’s episode of the late-night show, calling out Trump’s obvious lies and Biden’s “standout moments.”
Later in the episode, Stewart joked about Republicans’ pre-debate defense of allegations that Biden was given drugs and dietary supplements to help his physical and mental health.
“Let me simply say after watching tonight’s debate…every single one of these men should be on performance-enhancing drugs,” Stewart joked. “As many as they can, as many times a day as their bodies allow.”
“Guess what, guys! They need to take any magical medicine that can kick their brains into action. ‘Ah, this isn’t Olympic swimming…’, he continued, before finishing his thoughts. “And by the way, if these drugs don’t exist — if there aren’t really performance-enhancing drugs for these candidates — I would certainly use some leisurely right now, because that it cannot be real life! It’s simply it cannot! Fk! We are America! God!”
Read on to see what celebrities thought about the debate, along with what Hillary Clinton needed to say.
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None of us can imagine the shit coming out of Trump’s mouth. And I bet none of us can understand why none of the moderators are fact-checking Trump’s torrent of lies? https://t.co/C3AkUH5euk
— Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush) June 28, 2024
@SophiaBush
What’s wrong with these two moderators who let Trump change the subject? They ask him one question, but then make him mad about something else. Dishonest!
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) June 28, 2024
@BarbraStreisand
Trump is a convicted criminal – making up whatever he wants.
CNN has abdicated all definitional responsibility.-John Cusack (@johncusack) June 28, 2024
@johncusack
Appropriately, #JoeBiden answered the questions, Trump did not at all. He pretended, he weaved, he dodged, he lied. Biden, his voice weakened by a cold, answered the questions, softly but still. I leaned in and listened to him fantastically.
-bettemidler (@BetteMidler) June 28, 2024
@BetteMidler
whyyyy reasonable if you won’t moderate. Lies are rapid fire. CNN wtf?
-Kevin McHale (@druidDUDE) June 28, 2024
@druidDUDE
Especially if the moderators don’t say a word about it. https://t.co/7cbHUqByVL
-Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) June 28, 2024
@MrJonCryer
Trump will not answer ANY questions! And no resistance from the moderators…???
— Jeri Ryan (@JeriLRyan) June 28, 2024
@JeriLRyan
This debate is completely pointless. #Trump has the advantage because it is not tied to information, reality or reality, and the moderators are not doing anything to verify it.
— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) June 28, 2024
@AndyOstroy
A debate without moderators.
-Charles Booker (@Booker4KY) June 28, 2024
@Booker4KY
Joe Biden is a complete and total failure and clearly in major psychological decline. Vote accordingly! @TeamTrump
MAGA🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸-Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) June 28, 2024
@Caitlyn_Jenner
As MAGA and professional of America as I am…. I am not happy with this debate. Biden is clearly not in the right here. This is unfortunate. Obama is sacrificing his friend to promote his radical policies and I don’t need any of us celebrating after this.
Of course Trump is clearly the best alternative… but let’s take…
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) June 28, 2024
@therealroseanne
Social media mocks the disastrous debate
Social media users always seem to look for humor in everything, and the conversation — and the overall future of America — was no exception.
Many people online were clearly not thrilled with the current presidential candidates for a number of reasons, including the fact that Biden, 81, and Trump, 78, are the oldest major party presidential candidates in US history.
They felt the conversation, in a nutshell, was a catastrophe and reinforced a question many were asking: are these really the only two choices we have? The the best we will do?
“Biden: unintelligible bullshit, Trump: totally false bullshit, Moderators: thank you,” joked one person.
“ok, if you don’t live in the US, please turn off the chat,” said one individual. “this is our private family humiliation, and we all wish you wouldn’t look.”
“We are cooked,” wrote another, sharing a graphic showing a meme of Michael Jordan crying over a photograph of the US.
Social media was also full of users cracking jokes about Biden and Trump’s ages.
“Making two elderly people argue in front of the entire country at 9pm is diabolical,” one person wrote.
“They should have just gotten hot ones and whoever lived could have them,” said a second, while another replied: “I say give them each a Roku remote and the first one to start a movie will be president.”
Another person online mentioned the current — and completely hilarious — Justin Timberlake “Break the tour” meme.
“This is going to ruin the tour,” one person joked.
See more viral tweets in the posts below.
Biden: look, the fact is we’re not going to… we’re not… look. Here’s the deal. And this is no joke
Trump: There are ten billion Guatemalans storming the Lincoln Memorial right now
— Drew Janda (@drewjanda) June 28, 2024
@drewjanda
ok, if you don’t live in the US, turn off the conversation. This is our personal family humiliation, and we all wish you wouldn’t look.
-Gina Hogan_ (@ginnyhogan_) June 28, 2024
@ginnyhogan_
They should have just gotten some hot ones and whoever lived could have had them
-Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) June 28, 2024
@AkilahObviously
biden: unintelligible bullshit
Trump: Straight up bullshit and false
moderators: thank you.— Sarah (@sablaah) June 28, 2024
@sablaah
All USA now photo.twitter.com/wYBY0ORTOp
—Tiffany Moustakas (@tiffmoustakas) June 28, 2024
@tiffmoustakas
Give each of them a pdf, the first one who can run it will be the president
– chunky queue (@chunkyfila) June 28, 2024
@chunkyfila
give him one of the many panera lemonades, possibly
– hunter harris (@hunteryharris) June 28, 2024
@hunteryharris
any ingestion recreation will lead to death tonight
-Matt Margolis (@ItsMattsLaw) June 28, 2024
@ItsMattsLaw
I say give each of them a Roku remote and the first one to start a movie will be the president
-Robby Slowik (@RobbySlowik) June 28, 2024
@RobbySlowik
Making two geriatrics argue in front of the entire country at 9pm is diabolical
—Steven Monacelli (@stevanzetti) June 27, 2024
@stevanzetti
We are cooked pic.twitter.com/EpwV0iTJyt
-Monica 💚Free 🇨🇩🇵🇸🇸🇩 (@BlakPantherBabe) June 28, 2024
@BlakPantherBabe
This will ruin the tour
— charles r. davis (@charizardavis) June 28, 2024
@charizardavis
Biden coughing like Beth in Little Ladies, I’m sure it’s fantastic
-Mike Scollins (@mikescollins) June 28, 2024
@mikecollins
Even calm is scared https://t.co/7VOufodO9H
– Feeling distant (@annkpowers) June 28, 2024
@annkpoderes
“You have the morals of a stray cat” is like something you sing about the Grinch.
-Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) June 28, 2024
@joshgondelman
the worst factor about them liking the talk at the strip club now is that neither the sound nor the subtitles are on, so it’s just the vibe of the talk. foto.twitter.com/FT0nCroEuW
-versecowgirl69 (@botticellibimbo) June 28, 2024
@botticellibimbo
two rich geriatrics discussing their golf recreation. this sucks, man
-Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) June 28, 2024
@kenklippenstein