Thursday night, Fox Business hosted a Republican debate. During the debate, many people thought they had funny things to say about it on Twitter.
This satirical Chinese account live-tweeted the GOP debate, and it was amazing
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But few of them could match the running live-tweeting from an account called the Relevant Organs. It is a parody account — stay with me here — written from the point of view of satirized Chinese Communist Party officials. It’s long been popular among China watchers and China-based journalists for its sendups of Chinese officialdom. But after a long hiatus, the account came back to bless us with a running commentary on the GOP debate:
Fox Business seems to be hosting some kind of elaborate political show trial. Impressed. Didn’t think the Americans had it in them.
— The Relevant Organs (@relevantorgans) January 15, 2016 By taking the point of view of a befuddled Chinese bureaucrat, the account helps make it clear how little sense Thursday’s debate might make to people who aren’t super-familiar with American politics:
Our interpreter still desperately trying to diagram Trump Donald’s sentences. Or sentence. She isn’t sure.
— The Relevant Organs (@relevantorgans) January 15, 2016 Our translator must be confused. Now she says they want to arm all citizens with guns so that they can overthrow the president.
— The Relevant Organs (@relevantorgans) January 15, 2016 OH WE GET IT NOW, THE UNITED STATES IS ON TRIAL!
— The Relevant Organs (@relevantorgans) January 15, 2016 Interpreter explaining that "New York values" means "jewish homosexual."
— The Relevant Organs (@relevantorgans) January 15, 2016 It also highlights the ridiculous tone of some of the foreign policy conversations that happened last night:
WHO TOLD THE ORANGE DEFENDANT THAT WE CONTROL NORTH KOREA
— The Relevant Organs (@relevantorgans) January 15, 2016 So, to sum up, give everyone a gun, abolish all taxes and get the citizens to fight ISIS for free while blindfolded? Checking our notes…
— The Relevant Organs (@relevantorgans) January 15, 2016 So, sanctimonious foreign journalist friends. Tell us more about democracy. Tell us allllll about how great it is.
— The Relevant Organs (@relevantorgans) January 15, 2016 But most importantly, it’s pretty funny, especially if you’re familiar with Chinese propaganda and history:
The orange defendant makes an excellent point about the importance of informing on one’s neighbors at all times.
— The Relevant Organs (@relevantorgans) January 15, 2016 Now here is a group of men who understand that power comes out of the barrel of a gun. #MaoForPresident
— The Relevant Organs (@relevantorgans) January 15, 2016 Purge time. The angry orange man is in command of facts he should never have had access to.
— The Relevant Organs (@relevantorgans) January 15, 2016 The Americans really don’t know how to do this. Two hours in and nobody has confessed yet. Although Ben Carson seems close.
— The Relevant Organs (@relevantorgans) January 15, 2016 
By Javier Zarracina and Sarah Frostenson
