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- Updated: May. 24, 2023, 6:25 p.m.
- Published: May. 24, 2023, 5:54 p.m.
FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' campaign launch with Twitter CEO Elon Musk was met with glitches on Wednesday, May 24. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)AP
Ron DeSantis launched his presidential campaign for 2024 on Wednesday with a Twitter Spaces announcement, but it was plagued by technical glitches.
The 44-year-old Republican Florida Governor announced his decision in a video posted on social media. It was to be followed up with a conversation with Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Twitter Spaces. But the audio stream crashed repeatedly.
President Joe Biden trolled DeSantis when he tweeted a link to his campaign, stating “this link works.”
Biden wasn’t the only one getting in on the commentary.
“This is a disaster. Not surprising,” tweeted senior Donald Trump adviser Chris LaCivita.
Donald Trump Jr. also chimed in with “DeSaster.”
DeSantis’ Twitter Spaces conversation with Musk, which was moderated by Republican donor David Sacks, suffered technical issues that Musk, Twitter owner, said were due to “straining” servers because so many people were trying to listen to the audio-only event, according to The Associated Press.
A day earlier, Musk declared the Twitter Spaces conversation would be “the first time something like this is happening on social media.”
Problems such as users getting kicked off and microphone feedback plagued the event.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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