#GOPDebate: When Donald Trump Speaks, Twitter Roars

Though nine candidates took the stage at Tuesday night's Republican Presidential Debate in Las Vegas, one stands a hair above the rest when it comes to driving social conversation: Donald Trump.

Though nine candidates took the stage at Tuesday night’s Republican Presidential Debate in Las Vegas, one stands a hair above the rest when it comes to driving social conversation: Donald Trump.

According to Nielsen, 8.5 million people in the U.S. saw at least one of the 2.4 million tweets about the debate, and Trump was the most-mentioned candidate on the site (522,200 tweets).

The exchange he had with Jeb Bush was the most-tweeted moment of the night, responsible for 19,500 tweets at 10:19 p.m.

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