Throwing your running mate under the bus during a presidential debate is a surefire way to draw attention on social media.
Donald Trump?s comment during the second presidential debate Sunday night that he had not spoken with vice presidential nominee Mike Pence and that he disagreed with Pence?s take on Syria was the most mentioned moment on both Facebook and Twitter during the event.
Sunday night?s debate set records on both Twitter and Facebook as the most-talked-about event of its kind, with 19.8 million Facebook users generating more than 92.4 million likes, posts, comments and shares during the event, and Nielsen reporting that the two social networks combined saw 62 million interacts from 18.2 million people.
Trump dominated conversation on Facebook, accounting for 76 percent versus 24 percent for Hillary Clinton, and the top three social moments on Facebook during Sunday night?s debate were:
Trump?s dismissal of Pence.
Clinton saying it was good that someone like Trump wasn?t in charge of the law, and Trump responding, ?Because you?d be in jail.?
Trump saying, ?No, I?m a gentleman, Hillary. Go ahead.?

The most-discussed topics on Facebook were:

ISIS
Trump tapes
Taxes
Government ethics
Healthcare

As for Twitter, Trump still dominated, but less so than on Facebook, leading Clinton with a 64 percent share of conversation versus 36 percent.
The three most-tweeted moments were the same as Facebook?s top three social moments, with ?Because you?d be in jail? and ?N...