There was definitely no love lost between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the second presidential debate on Sunday.
But because the town hall format allowed the two candidates to pace the stage, it occasionally appeared as if they were actually singing to each other.
Twitter users reacted by amusingly suggesting a bunch of highly improbable romantic duets that the Democratic and Republican rivals could be performing. Here are some of the best posts we’ve seen so far:
I've had the time of my life,
— David Mac Dougall (@davidmacdougall) October 10, 2016
No I never felt this way before.
Yes I swear it's the truth,
and I owe it all to you. #debatesongs pic.twitter.com/JzqeCW4VnH
I got chills, they're multiplyin',
— Sami Salmu (@SalmuSami) October 10, 2016
and I'm losin' control
'Cause the power you're supplyin',
it's electrifyin' #debatesongs pic.twitter.com/PuQCUKQx9i
🎶 Love lift us up where we belong 🎶 pic.twitter.com/I8kjz9cY84
— Ryan Teague Beckwith (@ryanbeckwith) October 10, 2016
🎶I don't know much but I know I love you.
— Danny Isom (@dannyisom) October 10, 2016
That may be all I need to know.🎶#debate #debatesongs #Election2016 pic.twitter.com/HSvXEJ1Uvs
"You scum bag, you maggot"
— Jamie Wood (@JamieWoodMedia) October 10, 2016
"You cheap lousy ******"
"Happy Christmas your arse"
"I pray God, it's our last"#debatesongs pic.twitter.com/TTxfu28a0c
Once upon a time there was light in my life
— Antti Isokangas (@AnttiIsokangas) October 10, 2016
Now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart#debatesongs pic.twitter.com/KNJBkrySxu
🎶 Islands in the stream, that is what you are... 🎶 #Debate #debatesongs pic.twitter.com/TvmXn8eKs0
— Matt Hustwaite (@MattyHuss) October 10, 2016
Once upon a time there was light in my life
— Antti Isokangas (@AnttiIsokangas) October 10, 2016
Now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart#debatesongs pic.twitter.com/KNJBkrySxu
Why do you have to be a heartbreaker
— Jarno Hartikainen (@JarnoHa) October 10, 2016
When I was being what you want me to be
Suddenly everything I ever wanted
Has passed me by #debatesongs pic.twitter.com/Fbpzuuz420
You're the one that I want, one that I want, oo ooo oooo honey, pic.twitter.com/vhyGdGnkfI
— Felicity Morse (@FelicityMorse) October 10, 2016
Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.
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