The Democratic Debate Put Martin O'Malley in the Corner and Twitter Feels for Him
The Sunday Democratic debate was essentially a face-off between Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with side commentary from former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley. O'Malley, who's consistently struggled financially and in the polls, also struggled to get a word in at the NBC/YouTube debate Sunday, sparking empathy and other commentary from the Twittersphere.
Many expected Clinton and Sanders to be the focus of Sunday's debate as the gap in their poll numbers has tightened — but many tweets show viewers thought O'Malley wasn't being given a fair chance to present his arguments. Others, however, shared the opinion that it's pointless for O'Malley, who's polling at 2.3%, to participate in the debate at all.
Tweets about O'Malley's lack of speaking time ranged from, "I'm not sure why he hasn't been given a fair shot," to, "Letting Martin O'Malley speak at this debate is like when you let a child finish its nonsensical story." In sum, viewers collective response seemed to be, Yes, O'Malley got shafted, but what's he doing on stage anyways?
Poor Martin O'Malley. He deserves a chance to speak. #DemDebate
You know it's time to go to commercial when Martin O'Malley starts to try and speak.
Sexiness aside, I do think they should let Martin O'Malley speak more. I'm not sure why he hasn't been given a fair shot. #demdebate
Secretary Clinton please respond Senator sanders please respond Governor O'Malley please shut up and let them talk
"Would ya.. lemme just... gimme just... lemme.. would ya... lem.. lemme.. lemme just.. cmon..." ~Governor O'Malley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GGL3oCZkyY ...
Poor Martin O'Malley.. I feel like he doesn't get anytime to speak
Sexiness aside, I do think they should let Martin O'Malley speak more. I'm not sure why he hasn't been given a fair shot. #demdebate
Best way to predict commercial break: they let Martin O'Malley speak. #10seconds #DemsDebate
that's time. - moderators 2 seconds into anytime martin o'malley gets to speak #DemDebate
MARTIN O'MALLEY IS MAKING ME SO SAD HE JUST WANTS TO SPEAK
I understand that he isn't doing well in the polls but Martin O'Malley should get more time to speak.