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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will announce his intent to run for president of the United States in a conversation with Twitter’s owner, Elon Musk.
On Monday (May 22nd), it was announced that the Republican politician and Musk would host an event on Twitter Spaces, the platform’s audio chat area. The event will take place on Wednesday (May 24th) at 6 P.M. ET. Former PayPal product leader and tech investor David Sacks will moderate the conversation, where it is expected that DeSantis will announce his presidential bid. A DeSantis spokesperson, Lindsey Curnutte, confirmed the event to the press on Tuesday while a confirmation request email to Twitter was met with a poop emoji as a reply.
According to sources, the campaign will release a launch video shortly after the event and there will be visits to several states planned for after Memorial Day. The event comes after weeks of planning between DeSantis’ camp and Musk’s team, with one person close to the negotiations stating that they feel Musk isn’t confident about former President Donald Trump’s chances of winning the White House. “He’s interested in the future, and he’s interested in winning again,” the source confided.
When asked about his participation in the Twitter Spaces and a potential endorsement at a convention held by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday (May 23rd), Musk stated that he wasn’t going to endorse any candidate as of yet. “I think it’s quite groundbreaking that there be a major announcement of this type on social media,” he said. Musk and DeSantis were first acquainted with each other after meeting at a party in Austin, Texas. There is also speculation that Musk’s agreement to take part in this event could be a boost to his SpaceX company finding a home in Florida, which has seen some turbulence after its Starship launch explosion leading to a lawsuit against it and the Federal Aviation Administration by environmental groups.
The news comes as DeSantis has been shown lagging in polling behind former President Donald Trump, nabbing only 20% among GOP primary voters which is 15% behind where he was last December. Republicans have become more enamored of Twitter since Musk’s takeover of the platform last October. Since becoming CEO, Musk reinstated Trump’s account which was suspended after the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol, and has been openly courting conservatives and far-right figures including Tucker Carlson who has been sharing more content on the platform.
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Meek Mill announced that he plans to deactivate his Twitter account, and cited a need to find a new platform with “more good vibes.”
The “Dreams & Nightmares” rapper fired off his farewell on Sunday afternoon (Dec. 18), causing a number of fans to raise eyebrows at the move. In that last tweet, Meek explained his motivation to leave the platform. “Ima deactivate Twitter forever and go to a new social where it’s more good vibes based off building, creating and motivation,” he wrote. “Whoever run my shit turn this off forever … ima takeover my YouTube account to replace me interacting with supports! Too many bots and weird people.”
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Shortly after the tweet was sent, the Philly native officially deactivated his account. He still has his YouTube account as well as his Instagram account to connect with the public. Currently, he has 23 million followers engaged with him on that social media platform.
Twitter has been in turmoil since tech billionaire Elon Musk acquired it for $44 billion in October. Meek Mill had notably made a public pitch to Musk to get a stake in the bid to buy the social media platform back in May. “Elon musk let us invest in Twitter with you ‘big homie,’” he wrote on May 5. The South African-born founder of Tesla, who is usually quick to reply on Twitter, didn’t answer Meek’s request. Diddy was later revealed to be one of the investors who helped the acquisition go through.
Meek Mill has also been vocal about his displeasure with Twitter and with Instagram in the past. The MMG artist expressed his frustration in August, claiming that Instagram was “shadow banning” his account in addition to controlling the amount of exposure his posts were getting. “Been on these apps 10 years 7 days a week … you can tell they being controlled,” he wrote at the time. “I could post 10 phones with different account won’t see my post until the next day what is that? And it’s on all my homies pages too?”
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