CNBC’s GOP presidential debate was on tonight, and it was a hot mess with plenty of drama. Here’s how it went down on Twitter.

Things got started late:

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/659519999317581824

CNBC was the focus of a lot of the tweets:

https://twitter.com/MediaMaters/status/659521861391220736

Raise your hand if you're surprised to find out you get CNBC (and can find it on your cable system?) #gopdebate

— Ken Herman (@kherman) October 29, 2015

The first question was “what is your greatest weakness.” Kasich said a lot, but didn’t answer the question.

Kasich's diving right in and going all crazy old coot

— Gary Eaton (@garysteveneaton) October 29, 2015

"My biggest weakness is my inability to answer a question directly."

— Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) October 29, 2015

Fiorina said that she heard after the last debate that she didn’t smile enough, then smiled into the camera.

https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/659525478810677248

Haha, an answer from Carly that every woman who's ever been on the stage, on TV, etc., can empathize with, strongly. #gopdebate

— Liz Mair (@LizMair) October 29, 2015

Right off the bat, the debate was off the rails:

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/659526473062219776

The moderators are debating the candidates.

— Dean Clancy (@DeanClancy) October 29, 2015

Can we give the moderators their own lecterns? #GOPDebate

— Jon Gabriel (@exjon) October 29, 2015

Jeb Bush went on the offensive against Marco Rubio, scolding him for missing Senate votes while running for president, and it didn’t end well for Jeb.

Farewell Jeb

— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) October 29, 2015

https://twitter.com/ellencarmichael/status/659530094529105921

Rubio 1, Jeb 0 on that round.

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) October 29, 2015

No need to watch any more of this. Rubio won.

— RBe (@RBPundit) October 29, 2015

Jeb Bush just tried to score points on Marco Rubio on Rubio's missed Senate votes after Rubio had just hit the issue out of the park. Dumb.

— Brit Hume (@brithume) October 29, 2015

Ted Cruz went after the moderators for their ridiculous questions, and viewers ate it up:

https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/659531560190803968

I agree with @tedcruz rant right now, with all my heart.

— Kristen Soltis Anderson (@KSoltisAnderson) October 29, 2015

Here’s how the candidates were being ranked at the first commercial break:

9pm rankings:
Rubio
Cruz
Fiorina
Christie
Kasich
Trump
Bush
Paul

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 29, 2015

About an hour into the debate, here’s how mentions were ranked on Twitter:

#CNBCGOPDebate 1st Hour — Most-Mentioned Candidates on Twitter:

1) Cruz, Trump (TIE)
3) Bush
4) Rubio
5) Carson
6) Kasich#GOPDebate

— Government (@Gov) October 29, 2015

The moderators tried to get Ben Carson with a gotcha question, and the crowd loudly booed them.

https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/659539671626698753

https://twitter.com/Eric_Bartoszak/status/659539693512622080

https://twitter.com/ellencarmichael/status/659539701095862272

https://twitter.com/BlameTelford/status/659539796788924416

Good for the audience. That question deserved to be booed.

— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) October 29, 2015

https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/659541126962159616

Seriously, readers, the moderators’ behavior was out of control:

The entire GOP debate so far:https://t.co/3dYVbtEENs

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 29, 2015

When asked a question about SuperPAC’s, Rubio nailed it, to huge applause:

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/659541899510996992

https://twitter.com/GayPatriot/status/659541893089468421

With the debate nearly over, here are how the candidates are picking up steam:

New Twitter followers since debate started:
Carson 5118
Rubio 2669
Cruz 2417
Trump 2083
Fiorina 990
Kasich 661
Jeb 513
Paul 512
Christie 92

— Marcus (@MarcusHUSA) October 29, 2015

Rubio had another great answer when it came to entitlements:

Rubio swoops in and reminds the audience that entitlement reforms won't impact current and soon-to-be seniors. Crucial point. #GOPDebate

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 29, 2015

"I'm against anything that's bad for my mother." Are we sure Marco isn't Jewish?

— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) October 29, 2015

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/659553136156221440

Carly Fiorina had a great point in her closing statement. You know she’s right!

Fiorina – "In your heart of hearts you cannot wait to see a debate between Carly Fiorina and Hillary Clinton."

— Alexis Levinson (@alexis_levinson) October 29, 2015

While people may disagree on the winner, there was unanimous agreement the CNBC lost:

https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/659554611045335040

https://twitter.com/Cameron_Gray/status/659554923898470401

Winners: Marco, Cruz, Carson, Christie

Was expecting more: Fiorina

Loser: @CNBC

Extra loser: @CNBC

Super loser: @CNBC #GOPDebate

— Kelly Maher (@okmaher) October 29, 2015

We’ll be doing this again on November 10.