Supporters of the Florida governor had to wait more than twenty minutes to hear that the politician was running for the Republican presidential nomination. By the time the Twitter live was restored, most of the audience was gone.
Never before in the United States has a politician announced on social media that he is running for president. Until May 24, 2023, when Florida’s Republican governor and Donald Trump’s chief rival, Ron DeSantis, tweeted, “I’m running for President of the United States to lead our great American comeback.”
However, by the time the 44-year-old politician could say that sentence, the initial audience was 600,000. decreased to about 50,000 people. Moreover, because the live broadcast was interrupted for more than 20 minutes and was interrupted at times.
Success or failure? It depends on who says it
According to Twitter critics, it has been revealed once again that the company has been in worse and worse shape since Elon Musk took over the platform, and due to several layoffs, they can’t even completely manage such a crucial event smoothly. On the other hand, Musk prefers to communicate what happened as a success and claims that the interest was so great that the internet practically exploded.
The audience size again later in the show Close to 300 thousandDeSantis said he wants to run the United States on conservative values, that he was able to keep Florida open during the coronavirus pandemic as a governor, and that he orchestrated the display of different gender roles in the state’s schools because he chose facts over fear and education over indoctrination.
Ron DeSantis’ deeply conservative policies in Florida are appealing to many Republican voters, but so far they can’t seem to be getting enough. According to opinion polls, Donald Trump is significantly ahead of his greatest rival. the As compiled by FiveThirtyEight Currently, 54.3% of Republicans would support Trump’s candidacy, and only 20.6% for DeSantis (former Vice President Mike Pence is in third place at 5.5%).
Trump has also reinvigorated himself
Against the odds, Donald Trump launched a heated attack on DeSantis after he announced his run. On the platform he founded, Truth Social, he responded to one of the Florida governor’s statements that he would study the US Constitution to see what buttons he could push to increase government power:
The Trump campaign team uploaded several videos to the former president’s Instagram page. There is one of those He depicts it as a falling missile DeSantis presidential campaign and another in conversation Featuring the governor of Florida With George Soros, Adolf Hitler and the Devil. At the end of the video, Trump logs in and says his rival can kiss his big presidential ass in 2024. By the way, the Biden campaign also clarified the technical glitches with a message that their support page is up and running.
There is not much chance for a gentleman’s fight
In any case, it appears that Ron DeSantis is determined to fight Trump, and he may have the financial resources to do so. According to his press chief, already in the first hour after his announcement Donate $1 million I managed to collect it for the campaign.
According to CNN’s assessment, DeSantis is trying to convince voters that he is “more Trumpian than Trump”: pitting himself against political elites, trying to win over as many supporters as possible through unbridled populism.
Even though Donald Trump has his account restored, he continues to boycott Twitter and mainly communicates with his constituents on the Truth Social interface. That way, DeSantis could even try to carve out the platform in the fight for the GOP presidential nomination. But Elon Musk was quick to post last night’s announcement Explain itAll presidential candidates are welcome on Twitter.
