The Hot Takes Flow as Ron DeSantis 'Breaks the Internet' With 2024 Campaign Announcement on Twitter

As expected, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made his 2024 presidential candidacy official, filing the necessary paperwork earlier in the day and making his announcement on the Twitter machine just moments ago:

LISTEN: Ron DeSantis announces his run for president

"I am running for president of the United States to lead our great American comeback. American decline is not inevitable, it is a choice and we should choose a new direction, a path that will lead to American revitalization." pic.twitter.com/j6hXt3N2WR

— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) May 24, 2023

Prior to the Twitter Spaces going live, there were multiple technical glitches, presumably due to the fact that hundreds of thousands were tuning in to listen to DeSantis’ remarks:

JUST IN: Elon Musk said Twitter's servers are "straining" due to nearly half a million people joining Twitter Spaces for Ron DeSantis' 2024 announcement

— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) May 24, 2023

.@elonmusk: “Just a massive number of people online, so, servers are straining somewhat…” pic.twitter.com/Vyd5FEBsZU

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 24, 2023

This led to quips that DeSantis had “broken the Internet”:

Governor DeSantis broke the internet.

— Just Mindy 🐊 (@just_mindy) May 24, 2023

DeSantis broke the internet.

— Max. (@MaxNordau) May 24, 2023

Others joked that maybe a certain someone else was behind the technical issues:

Not to be outdone by DeSantis crashing Twitter, here's a look at Donald Trump inside the Truth Social data center. pic.twitter.com/z0wLhNYknh

— Eric Spencer (@JustEric) May 24, 2023

Authorities have shared a picture of the hacker that crashed the Elon Musk hosted Ron DeSantis presidential announcement space pic.twitter.com/dvHb8E247l

— Pericles 'Perry' Abbasi (@ElectionLegal) May 24, 2023

Some of DeSantis’ critics on the right including allies of former President Donald Trump, also a 2024 GOP contender, got in on the action as well. Except in their case, they were there to explain What It All Means or something:

pic.twitter.com/GiuFoW2uf9

— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) May 24, 2023

NEW: "Glitchy. Tech issues. Uncomfortable silences. A complete failure to launch. And that’s just the candidate!" A Trump ally tells me regarding DeSantis glitchy Twitter spaces event with Elon. @DailyCaller

— Henry Rodgers (@henryrodgersdc) May 24, 2023

yeah 500,000+ live people waiting for DeSantis to arrive = huge L

Where do you guys come up with this stuff? https://t.co/bEKugfAUoE

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) May 24, 2023

The handler running President Joe Biden’s Twitter account tried to get in a dunk, too:

Biden trolls DeSantis technical
difficulties with Twitter campaign rollout https://t.co/Cvcli3YVPf

— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) May 24, 2023

Leftist media hacks like anti-Musk “reporter” Ben Collins from NBC News were clearly not pleased that at one point DeSantis had as many as 700,000 waiting for the live chat to start, so he proceeded to make up his own numbers:

It reached over 700,000 when it crashed. Ben is a very dishonest person

Oh and he’s from a rich family. https://t.co/xXv4LNi7Ui pic.twitter.com/uuQ66929vw

— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 24, 2023

The Very Online Left also tried to make the early tech glitches into a Very Big Deal because narratives and what not:

Folks: We can now all relive Ron DeSantis' humiliating failure to launch! Watch as DeSantis, Elon Musk, and David Sacks struggle to get Twitter Spaces to work in their initial 20+ minute attempt. pic.twitter.com/MyiX1yVKyb

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) May 24, 2023

Stay tuned to RedState for more coverage of DeSantis’ announcement, including what he had to say on other hot topics during the “roundtable” of sorts he had with Musk, David Sacks, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), and others.