As we previously reported, Elon Musk ran a poll about whether to reinstate President Donald Trump’s Twitter account. It garnered more than 15 million votes and more voted to reinstate him than not. So Musk reactivated Trump’s account immediately.
Now, I think Musk had intended on reinstating him anyway, as he had previously indicated, but running the poll confirmed that it was the will of the people. Additionally, it also gave them a lot more engagement on the site.
But you know that the folks on the left are losing their minds over this already. Some have left, but others don’t have the courage of their convictions and are still there, melting down on the site.
Rasmussen Reports had a good take on what it’s looking like right now.
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) November 20, 2022
You know it’s a virtual goldmine of delicious liberal tears right now from all the usual suspects. Suddenly they all hate “democracy” and voting if it helps to bring back Trump.
Warning for the graphic language:
Elon Musk is letting a man who led a violent Insurrection to overthrow the United States Government back on this platform. Letting the Lies and Disinformation continue to poison the American bloodstream.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) November 20, 2022
After this week, Terrorist Trump's $8 would constitute half of Musk's income from twitter https://t.co/is4mXMQOLS
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 20, 2022
Suddenly it’s cool to question votes again and scream “Russia, Russia, Russia!”
The Russian bots have spoken: https://t.co/b4FTlFhIoi
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) November 20, 2022
Just when you think it can’t get any worse… no ifs , no ands, just Bots. https://t.co/8lb5372tOI
— Kenneth Cole (@kennethcolereal) November 20, 2022
This is one of my favorites from actor Josh Gad. He’s not at all happy with free speech or Musk.
You are truly an asshole and an anarchist. https://t.co/YuGMtEPal4
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) November 20, 2022
I have to confess I like this one too from Mia Farrow.
Get blood pressure pills https://t.co/I8uwnQRdi6
— Mia Farrow🇺🇦 (@MiaFarrow) November 20, 2022
Everyone is going to die now!!
People who were insanely naive when Trump effectively took over Twitter and cost the world countless lives and incalculable wealth/time are being even more insanely naive about musk literally taking over Twitter and inevitably costing countless lives and incalculable wealth/time.
— Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) November 20, 2022
Of course, Luke probably couldn’t explain how this is going to cost lives or how he cost lives before when he was on Twitter, but hey, he’s a leftist, it doesn’t have to be logical.
Benjamin Wittes isn’t willing to go all the way. These people.
I do not intend to share a platform with Donald Trump again—at least not more than I have to. I will not exit Twitter entirely, as I have Lawfare content to promote and Twitter is useful for many things. That said, I don’t plan to spend time here any more for purposes other
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) November 20, 2022
than reading news and promoting our work. For those who wish to follow my work, thoughts, and sillinesses, I will be migrating most of that to Substack and Mastodon and Facebook/Instagram.
I am not leaving, but I’m leaving, if you know what I mean.
It’s been real.
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) November 20, 2022
Soooo … Elon reinstated @realdonaldtrump on Biden’s birthday. pic.twitter.com/RWM5BFVIkM
— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) November 20, 2022
Biden’s birthday is tomorrow, but he was probably already asleep before the reinstatement. What just perfect treat to wake up to on your birthday.
Trump has already said that he’s busy with Truth Social, so it remains to be seen whether he would be back. But it’s the right decision as he should never have been banned, to begin with.
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