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Most retweeted GOP debate tweet was written by Bernie Sanders

There was no shortage of tweetable moments during last night’s explosive Republican debate on Fox News, but the most retweeted moment actually came from a Democratic presidential candidate: Sen. Bernie Sanders.

{mosads}”It’s over. Not one word about economic inequality, climate change, Citizens United or student debt,” Sanders (I-Vt.) tweeted as the two-hour-long debate wrapped up. “That’s why the Rs are so out of touch.”

The liberal lawmaker’s tweet was retweeted over 20,000 times — over four times the number of retweets received by the second most retweeted tweet, which incidentally also belonged to a Democratic candidate: Hillary Clinton.

“Watch the #GOPdebate?” @HillaryClinton asked her followers. “Bet you feel like donating to a Democrat right about now.”

Nearly 5,000 Twitter users retweeted her jab.