--- title: Democratic Debate: Here's What the Republicans Said description: They didn't have much to say canonical: https://time.com/4156145/democratic-debate-what-republicans-said/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-20T04:01:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:31:23.687Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here's What Republicans Said During the Democratic Debate og:description: They didn't have much to say. og:url: https://time.com/4156145/democratic-debate-what-republicans-said/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt938628c8f8108da1/6988763dcd1bba73686fe9e7/gettyimages-502023412.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In New Hampshire og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's What Republicans Said During the Democratic Debate twitter:description: They didn't have much to say. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt938628c8f8108da1/6988763dcd1bba73686fe9e7/gettyimages-502023412.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What Republicans Said During the Democratic Debate by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Dec 20, 2015 4:01 AM UTC  Democratic president candidates (L to R) Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and Martin O'Malley, debate at Saint Anselm College December 19, 2015 in Manchester, New Hampshire. This is the third Democratic debate featuring Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley. Democratic president candidates (L to R) Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and Martin O'Malley, debate at Saint Anselm College December 19, 2015 in Manchester, New Hampshire. This is the third Democratic debate featuring Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley.Andrew Burton—Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Dec 20, 2015 4:01 AM UTC Republican presidential candidates were unusually quiet during Saturday’s Democratic debate in New Hampshire. Reactions from other candidates were slim, but some cracked jokes or pulled from their stump speeches. Many of their campaigns expressed their displeasure with the Democrats via Twitter—the Saturday night time-slot for the Democrats broadcast was the target of much of the jokes. The Republican National Committee joined in on the fun, passing out energy drinks as a joke to reporters at the debate. > [](https://twitter.com/danmericaCNN/status/678378196082032640) Donald Trump, [usually active on Twitter](http://time.com/4072643/trump-democratic-debate/), didn’t fire off a single tweet during the debate until ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos commented about it. Trump tweeted out a response. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/678420732343427072) Here’s some of what the Republicans had to say below: > [](https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/678385486411522048) > [](https://twitter.com/GOP/status/678380001985712128) > [](https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/678396861196206081) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/678412766898552832) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4156145/democratic-debate-what-republicans-said/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4156145/democratic-debate-what-republicans-said/"},"headline":"Here's What Republicans Said During the Democratic Debate","datePublished":"2015-12-20T04:01:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:31:23.687Z","description":"They didn't have much to say","url":"https://time.com/4156145/democratic-debate-what-republicans-said/","keywords":["Debates","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt938628c8f8108da1/6988763dcd1bba73686fe9e7/gettyimages-502023412.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt938628c8f8108da1/6988763dcd1bba73686fe9e7/gettyimages-502023412.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In New Hampshire","caption":"Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In New Hampshire","creditText":"Andrew Burton—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/debates/","name":"Debates"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4156145/democratic-debate-what-republicans-said/","name":"Here's What Republicans Said During the Democratic Debate"}}]}] ```