Plenty of people on social media complained about the moderators and candidates switching places during Wednesday night’s GOP debate in Boulder. Sen. Ted Cruz won a round of applause for calling out the moderators on their policy-free questions, while the audience loudly booed a question or two, particularly this question posed to Ben Carson:
#CNBCGOPDebate crowd boos a question posed to @RealBenCarson: https://t.co/BnEIcx4NDv
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 29, 2015
CNBC moderators got hit by a Cruz missile. @SenTedCruz #GOPDebate
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) October 29, 2015
The CNBC moderators lost tonight.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 29, 2015
Biggest debate losers tonight? The CNBC moderators, hands down. #GOPDebate
— Hoda Hawa (@HodaHawa) October 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/JDaugherty1081/status/659553568689627136
CNBC moderators: Why can't you get it through your collective thick skulls that the debate process is NOT. ALL. ABOUT. YOU.
— Tim Schenck (@FatherTim) October 29, 2015
I'm not sure a single candidate at #CNBCGOPDebate had a bad night. @CNBC moderators, on the other hand…
— Michael Quinn Sullivan (@MQSullivan) October 29, 2015
Actual picture of the @CNBC moderators: pic.twitter.com/TZpao9KAnd
— Danielle Butcher (@DaniSButcher) October 29, 2015
Come on CNBC moderators, get your damn facts right. This is embarrassing.#trump
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 29, 2015
Even Piers Morgan was embarrassed for them.
CNBC moderators asking questions tonight pic.twitter.com/H3ImQmMY7y
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) October 29, 2015
The @CNBC "moderators" just jumped the shark. Embarrassing.
— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) October 29, 2015
WATCH: @marcorubio totally schools @CNBC moderators on media bias — the crowd goes wild https://t.co/AS6ZDvkkLe pic.twitter.com/Lxx0NAMfbk
— National Review (@NRO) October 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/659531952777662467
We get it, @CNBC moderators, you oppose all the GOP candidates. So why are you moderating our primary debate? #GOPDebate
— jon gabriel (@exjon) October 29, 2015
So this is a debate between the CNBC moderators and the GOP candidates. Got it.
— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) October 29, 2015
Looks like it's going to be @CNBC moderators versus #GOPDebate candidates tonight…
— Sophie Babcock (@sophresh4) October 29, 2015
Apparently CNBC moderators are also contestants in the debate.
— David Boze (@DavidBozeShow) October 29, 2015
Do you want to punch the CNBC moderators?
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) October 29, 2015
The CNBC moderators are just jerks
— Reagan Bush (@2happy2) October 28, 2015
I would argue the DNC gave the CNBC moderators the questions to ask tonight, but even the DNC would've toned down the pretentiousness a bit.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) October 29, 2015
CNBC moderators have accepted that they lost control of the debate
— Daniel Greenfield (@Sultanknish) October 29, 2015
Moderators lose control at third GOP debate https://t.co/igtBTWmN7W Wow. That was terrible.
— Jim Jonas (@jimjonas) October 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/Cameron_Gray/status/659554923898470401
Does anyone actually watch CNBC? If I were liberal I'd watch CNN. CNBC moderators are the worst I've ever seen.
— Dave Watts (@revdlwatts) October 29, 2015
CNBC moderators think viewers are here to see them. Like that embarrassment, Candy Crowley, they think we're interested in their opinions.
— Kelly Victory MD (@DrKellyVictory) October 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/TonyStory6/status/659557987900461056
#BernieSanders is my candidate.
But the @CNBC moderators should be fired tonight.
Very bad.— Peter Lombard (@tutticontenti) October 29, 2015
The CNBC moderators lost tonight. Amen.
— Chris Nickels (@cwnickels) October 29, 2015
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.