'Did y'all not test this first?' Twitter reacts to Ron DeSantis' announcement crash
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was set to kick off his presidential campaign with a Twitter Spaces chat with Elon Musk.
Problem was, Twitter might not have been ready to handle the audience.
With a crowd of more than 250,000 people ready to listen to the conversation, the event crashed multiple times as the audience kept growing. About 20 minutes after it was scheduled to start, and before DeSantis himself even got a chance to speak, the Spaces closed as crews worked to make fixes.
It's not exactly the start the Florida governor was hoping for in his campaign. Once deemed a favorite to win the Republican nomination, he has since seen a series of setbacks in the buildup to his official entry into the race to unseat Joe Biden for president. Former president Donald Trump has taken multiple shots at DeSantis over the past months, and Wednesday's event will likely add fuel to that fire.
The discussion eventually switched to another Space with a fraction of the listeners.
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Biden himself had some fun on Twitter.
This link works: https://t.co/9PzIJkseYI
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 24, 2023
Twitter reacts to Ron DeSantis crash
Twitter users took the chance to jump on DeSantis, Musk and Twitter. Here's a look at some of the reactions:
Shaky start to this #DeSantis Twitter Spaces, with silence and audio interference.
"Melting the internet," the moderator David Sacks says...
Bit embarrassing?!— Harriet Alexander (@h_alexander) May 24, 2023
10 minutes into the DeSantis campaign and it’s already a disaster
— Real Texan Politics ✝️🇺🇸 #StandWithTrump (@RealTXPolitics) May 24, 2023
The DeSantis twitter launch is going great — it's either late or not working.
— Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) May 24, 2023
Shaky start to this #DeSantis Twitter Spaces, with silence and audio interference.
"Melting the internet," the moderator David Sacks says...
Bit embarrassing?!— Harriet Alexander (@h_alexander) May 24, 2023
Lmfao! What a buss with desantis on twitter spaces. Did y’all not test this first? Omg… 🤦🏻♀️
— Hsaet23 (@hsaet23) May 24, 2023
@elonmusk fix twitter!!! This sucks, I wanted to hear you and DeSantis, it keeps crashing! Twitter is not ready for prime time! No one will ever announce on Twitter again!!!
— Alexum (@Alexum1000) May 24, 2023
Twitter spaces somehow crashed my whole phone? Can’t get off the lock screen.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) May 24, 2023
Ron DeSantis' Twitter Spaces campaign launch has, so far, featured:
-Several minutes of silence
-Random throat clearing
-Muffled commentary from Elon Musk about why Spaces isn't working
-Hosts, including DeSantis disappearing
Great start to his campaign! pic.twitter.com/Zppxlk5HkN— jordan (@JordanUhl) May 24, 2023
given desantis's general level of charisma glitching out of his campaign launch event may be a stealth win https://t.co/1DQv0WCAi0
— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) May 24, 2023
Not even the new working Space could stop the jokes from coming.
Honestly, this DeSantis announcement was more engaging when it wasn't working.
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) May 24, 2023
smart of desantis to start his campaign by highlighting his speaking voice, something that’s both normal and enjoyable to hear
— Ben Rosen (@ben_rosen) May 24, 2023
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: DeSantis Twitter crash: Social media reacts to announcement
