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On Tuesday night, Donald Trump live-tweeted the vice-presidential debate — while no fewer than four campaign staffers peered over his shoulder.

Aides present tonight as Trump live tweets, per Jason Miller:

Steve Bannon

Hope Hicks

Stephen Miller

Dan Scavino — Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) October 5, 2016

This pit crew largely succeeded in keeping the GOP nominee’s tweets roughly as boring as the debate he was commenting on. Instead of broadcasting the musings of an unhinged, eccentric billionaire — whose obsessions include haters, losers, sex tapes, and taco bowls — @realdonaldtrump spent the debate imitating a garden-variety, unhinged, right-wing Twitter egg.

The majority of his output consisted of ALL-CAPS EXCLAMATIONS ABOUT HOW HILLARY CLINTON IS VERY BAD, UNLIKE MIKE PENCE, WHO IS VERY GREAT …

ICYMI: PENCE: I RAN A STATE THAT WORKED; KAINE RAN A STATE THAT FAILED. https://t.co/XuWaueNkH0 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2016

… Or RNC-approved memes expressing the same sentiments.

Obama-Clinton FAILED foreign policy:

-Bad nuclear deal

-Ransom payment to leading state sponsor of terror

-Sharing classified info#VPDebate pic.twitter.com/VyOX0RcgJC — Official Team Trump (@TeamTrump) October 5, 2016

Law enforcement officers bring communities together & keep us safe. @mike_pence & @realDonaldTrump RESPECT & stand by them! #Debates2016 pic.twitter.com/ugUaKugjFO — Official Team Trump (@TeamTrump) October 5, 2016

Still, even a kitchen full of cooks couldn’t keep Trump from throwing some bitter herbs into the stew. During a pre-debate broadcast, Fox News’s Megyn Kelly claimed that all of Trump’s debate tweets would be preapproved by his campaign manager Kellyanne Conway. Six minutes into the debate, the Republican nominee felt compelled to explain that Conway was not among his designated babysitters for the evening.

.@megynkelly- I am in Nevada. Sorry to inform you Kellyanne is in the audience. Better luck next time. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2016

Later, he approvingly quoted a fan who likened Tim Kaine to a Batman villain (possibly because Kaine rhymes with Bane?).

"@Jnelson52722: @realDonaldTrump @Susiesentinel Kaine looks like an evil crook out of the Batman movies" — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2016

These were the only distinctly Trumpian odd notes. But it was a little strange for Trump to retweet the following, from Republican National Committee communications director Sean Spicer, while his running mate called for nationwide criminal justice reform.

.@timkaine wants to tough on crime - fails to talk about defending rapists and murders #VPDebate — Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) October 5, 2016

Mike Pence is currently defending his position on criminal justice reform and not Donald Trump's — Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) October 5, 2016

Perhaps, the Trump-Pence plan for reforming the criminal-justice system involves denying suspected murderers a right to representation?

