Donald Trump spent the VP debate tweeting about Megyn Kelly, Batman, policy

Donald Trump live-tweeted the VP debate — (Image credit: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

Donald Trump had an announcement before the sole debate between his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, and Hillary Clinton's, Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.):

He spent a good part of the debate retweeting other people who said on Twitter that Pence was winning the debate, like "John Nelson" of Davenport, Iowa:

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Trump also agreed with the Pence boosters:

He plus-oned Pence on policy issues like the greatness of police and the fecklessness of American foreign policy under Clinton, then took a pot shot at the crucial swing state of Virginia:

Tried to flip the narrative about his business interests in Russia:

And ended with an attaboy for his running mate:

Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, retweeted people who found Pence to be an anti-woman candidate who disloyally would not defend his running mate, made that case herself, and thanked Kaine for a certain line in the discussion about abortion rights:

Clinton also got in an opinion on Pence's insistence that it was Clinton who was running an "insult-driven campaign," and somehow this all got back to that Batman tweet.

So it looks like maybe Batman won the debate.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.