Supporters of former President Donald Trump roasted Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday after his presidential campaign announcement on Twitter was filled with technical difficulties.
DeSantis’ highly anticipated announcement, which was made via a chat with Twitter CEO Elon Musk and tech entrepreneur David Sacks on Twitter’s “Spaces” feature, was delayed as it appeared the platform was overwhelmed. Twitter’s mobile app also crashed repeatedly, and users complained they couldn’t hear the broadcast.
“DeSantis makes JEB! watch high energy right now,” Donald Trump Jr. tweeted. “#DeSaster,” he added in a separate tweet.
“On the first day of his campaign, Ron DeSantis crashed and burned,” added MAGA Inc. spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt.
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Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, tweeted, “Ron DeSantis: Poll numbers crash and Twitter spaces crash.”
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“It’s honestly so weird listening to DeSantis’ announcement. Trump made you governor. Trump crushes the polls,” said Rogan O’Handley, Turning Point USA ambassador and political commentator. in this race now and split the GOP?!”
“Absolutely brutal start to Ron DeSantis’ campaign,” tweeted Ryan Fournier, founder of Students for Trump. “He came out looking both robotic and clumsy without the need for a camera!”
Steve Bannon, a former top Trump official turned commentator, said DeSantis’ campaign launch was a “historic mistake.”
“Launch failed,” tweeted fellow political commentator Kimberly Guilfoyle. “Trump 2024.”
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“This is the most embarrassing thing to ever happen to a presidential candidate and it’s not close. Just organize a rally,” tweeted David Marcus, a conservative columnist.
The MAGA War Room tweeted an image from Twitter Spaces with the words “launch failed…” at the top.
Moreover, Democrats were quick to mock the glitch-filled announcement.
President Biden tweeted a fundraising page with the caption, “This link works.”
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“We had more people join when I played Among Us,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., said in response to a tweet about the number of users listening to the event. DeSantis “Spaces” Twitter ad.
“I’ve known this for a while in the abstract, but the visceral reality of how stupid this GOP primary is now is really setting in,” MSNBC host Chris Hayes added.
“If DeSantis takes off, Twitter’s errant launch will be forgotten,” said David Axelrod, former campaign adviser to former President Barack Obama. “If it doesn’t, it will live on as a metaphor for his campaign. As for Elon, it wouldn’t be the first launch that died out!