The highly anticipated showdown between U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton was the most-tweeted presidential debate ever. Some of those 140-character reactions came from Canadian politicians.

Michelle Rempel, an outspoken Conservative MP, live-tweeted her predictions and analysis throughout Monday night鈥檚 debate. She was critical of Trump鈥檚 performance.

Most of the tweets focused on Trump鈥檚 answers during the debate. Some New Democrat MPs were more blunt in their assessments.

Former MP and interim leader of the Liberal Party, Bob Rae, joined them.

James Moore, a former Conservative MP who served as industry minister in Stephen Harper鈥檚 government, focused on Trump鈥檚 declaration that the North American Free Trade Agreement was the 鈥渨orst deal鈥� the U.S. ever signed. 

Meanwhile, Conservative leadership candidate Tony Clement saw the presidential debate as an opportunity to talk about upcoming CPC leadership debates in November.

Throughout the U.S. election campaign, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet ministers have mostly stayed away from explicit criticisms of presidential candidates.

Although Trudeau has made some in his speeches and comments to reporters, he has not been mentioning the Republican Party nominee by name. Trudeau has also stuck to his usual answer that he looks forward to working with whoever wins the U.S. presidency.