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What Twitter Has to Say About the Democratic Debate

Check out the instant spin room.

Democratic presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg.
Democratic presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg. Photos by David Becker/Getty Images, Bridget Bennett/30240120A/AFP via Getty Images, Chris Carlson/Pool/AFP via Getty Image, and Joe Raedle/Getty Images.

In case you didn’t get enough of Politics Twitter from all the impeachment hearings, you’re in luck. Nine candidates plus Tom Steyer take the stage in Atlanta tonight, with an all-female panel of moderators from the Washington Post, NBC, and MSNBC. Who will gang up on newly anointed front-runner Mayor Pete? Will Biden get ribbed for his age on his 77th birthday? To guide you through, we’ve rounded up the top liberal and conservative commentators below. You’ll see liberal tweets on the left and conservative tweets on the right.

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