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The Internet Loves Hillary Clinton’s White Outfit at the Final Presidential Debate

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Mahita Gajanan
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October 19, 2016, 9:32 PM ET

The winner of the final presidential debate appears to be Hillary Clinton’s white suit, which sparked the attention of several people online once the Democratic nominee walked onstage to face off against Donald Trump in Las Vegas.

Debate viewers also drew comparisons between Clinton’s suit and costumes from Star Trek, Christian Bale’s outfit in equilibrium, and powerful political figures in fiction, Claire Underwood and Olivia Pope.

Hillary Clinton looks like a Supreme Being from our Genderless Future in which we all have marble furniture and mood-lighting. #debate

— Leila (rhymes with tequila) (@leilaclaire) October 20, 2016

Hillary in white! Our knight. Truth and light. Strat is tight. #debatenight

— Rachel Sklar (she/her) (@rachelsklar) October 20, 2016

Loving this all white outfit @HillaryClinton!!! #Debate

— christian kelly 🪩 (@ckleinkelly) October 20, 2016

she's already won for the outfit alone. @HillaryClinton #debatenight pic.twitter.com/vozDQMBGH9

— edward barsamian (@edwardbarsamian) October 20, 2016

Hillary’s wearing my costume from Defending Your Life.

— Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) October 20, 2016

.@HillaryClinton's outfit is missing a Starfleet insignia. That's a compliment, btw. #debatenight

— RazorFox, y'all! (@RazorFoxDV) October 20, 2016

Good choice on the white outfit, @HillaryClinton. Very presidential. #debatenight pic.twitter.com/1HZfJhkB3o

— Frank Underwood (@FrankUnderwood) October 20, 2016

 

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