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This is the story of what happened when a reality star with trigger-happy Twitter fingers and a polarizing former Secretary of State ran against each other to become President of the United States.

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Today marks the culmination of what has been one of the wildest races for the presidency in modern times — and much of the bickering, jokes, highs and lows played out on Twitter, providing us with the perfect time capsule for looking back on Election 2016.

Donald Trump is basically a YouTube comment section running for president — Brian Gaar (@briangaar) December 7, 2015

Republican nominee Donald Trump's "antics," including on Twitter, helped him generate $2 billion worth of free media coverage, according to a September study by Harvard Professors Thales Teixeira and John Quelch.

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Trump loves Twitter so much, he even went on a now-infamous "3 a.m. Twitter rant," about Hillary Clinton supporter and former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, whom he body shamed for gaining weight.

Wow, Crooked Hillary was duped and used by my worst Miss U. Hillary floated her as an "angel" without checking her past, which is terrible! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016

There was the October surprise of the FBI re-opening and then closing an investigation into Democratic nominee Clinton's emails after some were found on Anthony Weiner's computer.

This is one hell of a season finale. Can’t believe they brought the Weiner character back. — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) October 28, 2016

This whole election cycle would be so much different if some men weren't so creepy. — Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) October 28, 2016

There's only one way for this end: by finding Trump's tax returns in a stack of Anthony Weiner sexts. — Kashana (@kashanacauley) October 28, 2016

Speaking of being "creepy," a 2005 tape of Trump making lewd comments about women might have been the biggest bombshell of the campaign. He called it "locker room talk." Twitter pushed back.

Let's get one thing straight.



That's not locker room talk.



That's sexual assault talk. — Colin Jones (@colinjones) October 7, 2016

For those saying Trump's comments are just normal male banter: Your opinion of men is too low. — Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) October 7, 2016

"Locker room banter" implies "C'mon, this is how men talk about women." Like it's to be expected. That's the grossest part of all. — Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) October 7, 2016

Trump took to social media later that night to apologize.

Here is my statement. pic.twitter.com/WAZiGoQqMQ — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2016

There was also plenty of name-calling. Clinton later expressed regret for referring to some Trump supporters as a "basket of deplorables."

In the third debate, Trump called his opponent a "nasty woman" as she spoke and also referred to deporting "bad hombres," using Spanish slang for "dude."

I hear the bathrooms in Trump Tower are being relabeled "Bad Hombres" and "Nasty Women." — George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) October 20, 2016

I actually agree with Bern here. Election Day would immediately become a top 5 drinking holiday. https://t.co/S7AUR1kWa6 — Rob Fox III (@RobFoxThree) October 30, 2016

Thankfully, it came just in time for the perfect Halloween costumes.

A parody account of the SNL character Stefon tackled the name calling and Trump's claim the system is rigged with a one-two punch.

NY's hottest club is #NastyWoman. It has everything. Rigged Emmys. Bad hombres. Donald rejecting two centuries of American democracy. — Stefon on 2016 (@StefonOn2016) October 20, 2016

In the second debate, Trump called on Muslims to report suspicious behavior in their communities. (They already do, according to the FBI.) Twitter jumped all over it.

I'm a Muslim, and I would like to report a crazy man threatening a woman on a stage in Missouri. #debate — Moustafa Bayoumi (@BayoumiMoustafa) October 10, 2016

Who could forget Trump's plan to "build that wall" and make Mexico pay for it?

Trump is visiting Mexico for a few hours tomorrow.



How quickly can that wall be built? — Dave Pell (@davepell) August 31, 2016

Hey Mexico, it's Donnie. Your people are rapists and murderers and I'm gonna make you pay to build a wall to keep you out. Can I come over? — Ben White (@morningmoneyben) August 31, 2016

Marco Gutierrez, founder of the group Latinos for Trump, said on MSNBC in September his culture is "dominant." "And it's imposing, and it's causing problems," he said. "If you don't do something about it, you're gonna have taco trucks every corner."

America's response? More tacos, please!

Can't speak for the rest of America, but here in the Bay Area we want #TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner. pic.twitter.com/1dmn1JPDoQ — Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) September 2, 2016

Speaking of tacos, Trump celebrated Cinco de Mayo by tweeting a photo of himself with a taco bowl, adding: "I love Hispanics!"

Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics! https://t.co/ufoTeQd8yA pic.twitter.com/k01Mc6CuDI — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2016

That's just scratching the surface when it comes to the whirlwind of Election 2016. No matter who people support, there seems to be one thing unifying the Twitterverse — booze.

Found what I'm wearing on election night. pic.twitter.com/HcMTpskoWL — Bonnie Moon (@bonniemoon) October 22, 2016