Where to start about last night's presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump?

How about with the fact that, throughout the 90 minute face-off, Trump appeared to be battling a bad case of the sniffles or some kind of allergy flare-up. https://twitter.com/CohibaSmkr/status/780589703225540608 Seriously, someone pass this guy a tissue or some Vicks. https://twitter.com/MashableNews/status/780585590844563457 "Snifflegate" quickly became a topic of discussion between Twitter users following the debate. https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/780588272917553152 Trump noticeably drank a lot of water during the debate but never blew or wiped his nose - perhaps fearful of appearing unwell or vulnerable after he made such a fuss about his rival's bout of pneumonia earlier this month. Of course, there were some people online who semi-seriously joked that Trump had snorted something beforehand to get him pumped for the debate. https://twitter.com/lizzwinstead/status/780623911390240768 https://twitter.com/riaisawake/status/780593551709057024

But the accusation got major legitimacy when a sitting US governor, Howard Dean, just came out and said it:

Dean is a major Democratic party player: he's the governor of Vermont, a former chair of the party, and ran for president in 2004.

He seems to be standing by the slur too: the tweet hasn't been deleted. Dean's accusation has divided people, naturally enough:

https://twitter.com/evanrosskatz/status/780593688770703360 https://twitter.com/gwhilts/status/780591915725053952 https://twitter.com/GeorgetteMcClel/status/780592787808845825 https://twitter.com/nickguillory/status/780592217236713472

BuzzFeed reports that, after the debate, Trump said his nasal issues were the result of a faulty microphone - that was perhaps done deliberately. ANOTHER CONSPIRACY!

“They also gave me a defective mic, did you notice that? My mic was defective in the room,” Trump said. “I wonder, was that on purpose? Was that on purpose?” he added. “But I had a mic that wasn’t working properly.”