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Failure to launch: Twitter glitches deal double blow to Elon Musk and Ron DeSantis
What liberals may have feared as the alliance of two anti-woke villains, turned out to have the menace of a damp dishcloththe screen kept saying “Preparing to launch”. But this wasn’t one of Elon Musk’s space rockets that soars through the stratosphere and settles into a comfortable orbit. This was one that blew up on the pad in a dazzling ball of flame.
The eccentric billionaire had invited Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, to the somewhat niche Twitter Spaces – a dedicated audio streaming feature on the social media platform – to announce his run for the Republican nomination for president in 2024.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during an Iowa GOP reception, Saturday, May 13, 2023, at The Hotel at Kirkwood Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP)
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For Musk it looked like an easy win in his effort to make Twitter the public square, especially one that attracts rightwing blowhards and steal a march on Fox News. For DeSantis it seemed like a chance to make a bit of political history, show off his tech savvy and poke his rival Donald Trump, once the undisputed world tweeting champion