--- title: Presidential Debate 2: Internet Memes of Trump and Clinton description: When Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump faced off for the second presidential debate, it provided a photo opp that was made for Internet. canonical: https://time.com/4525078/presidential-debate-karaoke-memes/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-10T16:31:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:28.431Z og:title: The Internet Reimagined the Presidential Debate as Karaoke og:description: What if Hillary and Donald were singing instead of debating? og:url: https://time.com/4525078/presidential-debate-karaoke-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt545df5debca6a794/6988a956196cf4ec9603d818/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-presidential-debate-karaoke.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-DEBATE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Reimagined the Presidential Debate as Karaoke twitter:description: What if Hillary and Donald were singing instead of debating? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt545df5debca6a794/6988a956196cf4ec9603d818/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-presidential-debate-karaoke.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Thinks the Presidential Debate Would Be Better Off as a Karaoke Duet > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=684d02f9-7c68-43ba-95ec-71e8376e29dd&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1)  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 10, 2016 4:31 PM UTC  US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump debate during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 9, 2016\. / AFP / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump debate during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 9, 2016\. / AFP / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) ROBYN BECK—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 10, 2016 4:31 PM UTC The [second presidential debate](http://time.com/4524525/social-media-presidential-debate-clinton-trump-st-louis/) had some [heated moments](http://time.com/4524589/second-presidential-debate-donald-trump-nuclear/) last night, but it did provide some humor in the form of an unintentionally perfect photo opportunity where [Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/3817687/hillary-clinton-time-covers/) and [Republican nominee Donald Trump](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2015-runner-up-donald-trump/) appear to be speaking (or singing) to each other on their respective hand-held mics. Naturally, the Internet jumped at the chance to get in on some lighthearted fun, reimagining the debate as a kind of karaoke night, complete with song suggestions and lyrics. Some users thought that Drake and Rihanna’s “Too Good” collaboration would be the perfect fit for a duet between Hillary and Donald. > [](https://twitter.com/desusnice/status/785310746401972224) While others opted for more classic songs. > [](https://twitter.com/harinef/status/785314958628253696) Some gave it the Disney treatment. > [](https://twitter.com/iSmashFizzle/status/785312950697467909) However, this Twitter user suggested this song from _Annie Get Your Gun_. > [](https://twitter.com/Willcadams/status/785303967483822080) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4525078/presidential-debate-karaoke-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4525078/presidential-debate-karaoke-memes/"},"headline":"The Internet Thinks the Presidential Debate Would Be Better Off as a Karaoke Duet","datePublished":"2016-10-10T16:31:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:28.431Z","description":"What if Hillary and Donald were singing instead of debating?","url":"https://time.com/4525078/presidential-debate-karaoke-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","politics","twitter","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt545df5debca6a794/6988a956196cf4ec9603d818/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-presidential-debate-karaoke.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt545df5debca6a794/6988a956196cf4ec9603d818/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-presidential-debate-karaoke.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-DEBATE","caption":"US-VOTE-DEBATE","creditText":"ROBYN BECK—AFP/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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4525078/presidential-debate-karaoke-memes/","name":"The Internet Thinks the Presidential Debate Would Be Better Off as a Karaoke Duet"}}]}] ```