Ben Carson had a so-so debate night on Fox. But he had a great night on Twitter.

Ben Carson
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While differing opinions abound over who won last night's Republican debate, one name that isn't popping up in the winner's circle too often is Ben Carson. Carson himself might attribute this to unfair treatment — though he actually received a very average amount of speaking time — but at least he can take consolation in his strong performance on Twitter, where the neurosurgeon picked up the most new followers of any candidate during the debate:

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.