84 million people viewers have watched the presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on 13 US TV channels. Those were only thirteen TV channels which means the real figure of viewers may be much higher. The data provider Nielsen said that viewers stayed tuned through the 98-minute debate, according to BBC.
Republican nominee Donald Trump said that he knew the debate would have "one of the largest audiences in the history of television" but he "took a deep breath" and pretended he was talking to his family. "You just block it out." said by the 70-year old real estate mogul, according to Business Standard
Meanwhile, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton mentioned that she felt that the debate had highlighted important differences between her and Donald Trump, according to BBC. "And I thought on several occasions he was making charges and claims that were demonstrably untrue - offering opinions that I think a lot of people would find offensive and off-putting." said by the former First Lady.
The former First Lady also said during the debate, "His demeanor, his temperament, his behavior on the stage could be seen by everybody and people can draw their own conclusions." She also pointed out about Donald Trump's campaign, "He can run his campaign and present himself however he chooses, but the real point is about temperament and fitness and qualification to hold the most important, hardest job in the world and I think people saw last night some very clear differences between us." BBC also reported.
Donald Trump said that he felt the debate had gone well but complained that the moderator Lester Holt hadn't pressed Hillary Clinton on her "scandals", reported by Business Standard. He also said that he felt tempted to bring up "the many affairs that Bill Clinton had", but had to hold back because the daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton was in the audience. "I may hit her harder in certain ways. I really eased up because I didn't want to hurt anybody's feelings", said by the 70-years-old real estate mogul.
The Presidential Debate was also the "most tweeted" debate ever. The real figure of tweets is not available but Twitter said it exceeded 10.3 million messages sent about the first presidential debate in 2012, reported by CNN.
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