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HuffPost reporter. Author of The Beltway Bible (St. Martin's), a cheeky political guide out now (link below). eliot [at] huffpost [dot] com

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    Eliot Nelson‏Verified account @eliotnelson 28 May 2016

    My favorite moment of tonight’s Libertarian debate was when Darryl Perry punched his own lectern. Here’s a GIF:pic.twitter.com/XcHXgOe2jh

    8:06 PM - 28 May 2016
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      1. dog power‏ @TheLaLiLuLeLol 15 Jun 2016
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        this is the best birthday gift i got @eliotnelson

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      1. Jeff Hansen‏ @hansen9j 29 May 2016
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        @edsbs Man, Thomas Haden Church looks like shit

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      1. T'Cala‏ @Cala_Lesina 29 May 2016
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        @edsbs loved him in The Hills Have Eyes

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      1. Timothy C.‏ @Granitepolitics 29 May 2016
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        @daveweigel Dude needs to go back to smoking mass quantities of weed. He did his best work in his "scruffy NH stoner" period.

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      1. CJ Ronneberg‏ @braintwat 29 May 2016
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        ~#DarrylPerry dislikes ink pens. I think he said: "I told them before this event I only use @Sharpie's! This has gotta stop"

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      1. WordsOnScreen‏ @kimberlymallen2 Feb 11
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        What madness is this?

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      1. Gas Station Sushi‏ @aaronofweber 29 May 2016
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        @jonrosenberg He downvoted that lectern SO HARD. In your faces, Shillaries!

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      1. patrick james murphy‏ @profpjm 29 May 2016
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        @mtwirth haha! "punched"

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      1. circe tejada flores‏ @CirceTejada 29 May 2016
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        @Catballou 🙄😵😂😂😂😂

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      1. John Pompeii‏ @JohnnyPompeii 29 May 2016
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        @SovereignSyre I'm picturing him making a weak "Eh!" sound when he does it.

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      1. Lynn Smith‏ @Lynnsmith63Lynn 29 May 2016
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        @samsteinhp cra cra

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      1. Sarah Mullins‏ @wildcat96 29 May 2016
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        candidates seemed to step back from lectern each response. Like British PM Question Time. Or an attempt at symbolic mic drop?

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      1. Charles Dainoff‏ @CharlesDainoff 29 May 2016
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        @edsbs what, is he mad at his dentist?

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      1. Latikia‏ @latikia 29 May 2016
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        that's not a punch...he slapped it. and not a very convincing slap either. @TedGrunewald

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      1. John Taylor‏ @ThisisCFBall 29 May 2016
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        Is that a mullet he's rocking?

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      1. Melissa‏ @littletruckie 29 May 2016
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        @samsteinhp 😂😂😭😭pic.twitter.com/Qai26divjV

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      2. Personal Beavis‏ @red_mercer 28 May 2016
        Replying to @eliotnelson

        there's so much going on with that guy I don't know where to start

        3 replies 2 retweets 43 likes
      3. shane 🐒‏ @shanevader 29 May 2016
        Replying to @red_mercer

        he looks like you @red_mercer

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      1. Janine Murdock‏ @Mishyana 30 May 2016
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        @KCOccupyPress Our current crop of Presidential candidates do not have enough veins throbbing out of their foreheads.

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      1. Jay Wisely‏ @daewocka 29 May 2016
        Replying to @eliotnelson

        @missokistic why can't Obama just keep being president? These other ppl are crazy.

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