DeSantis Joins 2024 Presidential Race in Twitter Space With Musk

Ron DeSantis officially launched his long-awaited 2024 presidential campaign Wednesday, signaling he will lean into culture war issues as a central strategy to wrestle the Republican nomination from Donald Trump.

The Florida governor held a Twitter Spaces event with its owner Elon Musk that was initially delayed by having thousands of listeners tuned in. DeSantis enters the race as the strongest challenger yet to the former president and current GOP front runner in most polls.

“Our border is a disaster. Crime infests our cities. The federal government makes it harder for families to make ends meet, and the president flounders. But decline is a choice. Success is attainable, and freedom is worth fighting for,” DeSantis said in a video posted to Twitter with the American flag as a backdrop.

DeSantis earlier made his candidacy official in a filing with federal regulators. Once the Twitter live event was able to get underway, he praised Musk’s handling of the social media platform and repeated conservative attacks that the social media industry was biased against conservative viewpoints.

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[mamacitachang]

So I heard a news report that there were 300, 000 concurrent listeners. Desantis had a high of about 300, 000 concurrent listeners and a total of 3.4 million have listened since the announcement, as of Thursday
How is that the largest room ever on line? Sounds like Trump style lying about numbers to me

[_Tyler]

My thing is look at all the support Desantis is getting. Trump never got that kind of attention. And Trump actually delivered on what he said. Like others have stated Desantis should have waited until next term.

[tube_trance]

I've been impressed with DeSantis as a governor, but he's ruined a lot of that goodwill by going against Trump. IMO, he should have supported Trump for 2024, continued his good work as governor (or maybe joined the Trump Administration in some position), and then campaign to be Trump's successor in 2028.

[lsad]

If he's a flop, then who will cnn and msnbc put up against trump? They wasted a lot of money and time promoting Ron.

[Ahabyah]

Hell to the NO. I don't trust you!

[ppwqukg]

The first rule of presenting to hundreds of thousands of users on any platform is to conduct load and performance testing on double the expected volume. Oh wait, the techicians that could have done that kind of testing were fired. Elon this is on you dude.

[tenkscz]

The best match for the United States.Expectable in all phases of the states.Particulary Mr De satis' performance & mr Musk' idea.

[lynx]

Man what till the snowflakes learn that AOC got quadruple the views playing among us lmao