Despite previously having no issues with 3.3 million listeners for a Twitter Spaces event with BBC, it only took a few hundred thousand listeners for the collaboration between Ron DeSantis and Elon Musk to end in abject failure.
The goal was for DeSantis to use the edgy and cool Twitter Spaces tech to launch his campaign. The outcome was an embarrassing display of a billionaire funded national campaign trying too hard to launch a candidacy built on transparent fraud and political pretense. The memes coming from the disastrous event are hilarious, and very fitting.
Fox News – Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign announcement was mired by repeated technical glitches on Twitter Wednesday evening, in a black eye for the social media platform.
The highly-anticipated announcement, set to be made via a conversation 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 repeatedly crashed and users complained that they were unable to hear the broadcast.
Nearly 700,000 users logged in to hear the announcement roughly 20 minutes after it was launched. The event was then abruptly shut down without explanation. […] Twitter users pummeled Musk over the botched rollout, and Democrats were quick to capitalize. (read more)
WASHINGTON DC – […] The spectacle represented a major embarrassment for both DeSantis and Elon Musk, Twitter’s relatively new owner, one that could haunt the former as he embarks on a bid to win the GOP’s nomination and the latter as he tries to position himself as a political kingmaker in the new media landscape.
DeSantis was slated to do additional interviews on more traditional mediums Wednesday night, where he will likely face questions about his launch on Twitter.
Musk has used Twitter Spaces before as a way to directly reach his 140 million followers and avoid going through outside media. However, his Twitter Spaces — which have drawn tens of thousands of listeners in the past — have been known to shut down suddenly due to technical glitches. Ever since Musk bought Twitter last October, he’s laid off nearly two-thirds of the employees, including large swaths of engineering staff, leading to shutdowns and regular technical problems on the platform.
Wednesday’s Twitter Spaces marks the first time the audio-only feature on the platform has been used for a presidential launch. Spaces first publicly launched in May 2021 and mimicked the audio-only app ClubHouse that launched in April 2020, but has faced a shrinking user base in recent years.
Sacks called the event “the biggest room that’s probably ever been assembled online.” The number of viewers fluctuated throughout the conversation, hitting at least 682,000 at one point, but holding mostly between 200,000 and 300,000 later on. (read more)
This is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to a presidential candidate and it’s not close. Just hold a rally.
— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) May 24, 2023
Weird how these were already taken off the trending list. I'm sure it's coincidence and not election influencing… https://t.co/QBkf8tI2y2
— David Giglio (@DavidGiglioCA) May 24, 2023
That's odd… 🤔 3.3 million were able to listen to the BBC and Musk Twitter Spaces with no issues.
DeSantis has bad ju-ju… 🥴 pic.twitter.com/0GunBCISOB
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) May 24, 2023
Everybody is laughing at @GovRonDeSantis now lmfao. He canceled an event in his hometown bc he knew he'd get ratio'd at his own launch, so he chose to hide in Twitter spaces & it's been a catastrophic mess. My life is complete 😂🤣 #MAGA #DeSimps https://t.co/Kjejo85e3m
— Tommy Egan (@tommyegan1776) May 24, 2023
https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1661498563120209921
Desantis’ twitter space is a dumpster fire hahahah
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) May 24, 2023
God does certainly work in mysterious ways. 🤣
And yes, the memes are snort-laugh funny.
I am going to love this election season.
God Always Gets A Vote!!
And God has a FANTASTIC sense of humor,..how could he not, he created humor.
Amen
Note to Rupert: Don’t try to put the heavy on Musk.
Note to Elon: Thanks LOL
russia hacked it.
Maybe Elon missed a couple of Deep State Dems when he swept Twitter.
at this point, a reindeer herder in the most remote region of siberia can’t be ruled out
let’s just drop all pretense and insist that the fbi send all it’s agents to siberia to gather evidence.
I’ll provide the tickets…one way.
the FBI can иди в жопу
And somewhere in the sunny state of Florida the previously mentioned cracker is cracking up.
Hey Ken Griffin, if you’re out there somewhere. It’s not too late to turn this around. You know I’m the right man for the job. Yes I would be somewhat expensive. But at least you would get results.
And right on cue the texts started hitting my phone wanting money for DeSaster. The R wing of the UniParty buzzard is pathetic.
Fwinred
I’ve received about 6 emails from “Ron” today – junk mail.
As annoying as they are, don’t just delete them, UNSUBSCRIBE to every one of them you receive. It sends a much stronger message and shrinks their donor rolls.
With the old snail mail begging for donations, at least you could use them as,…tissue to,..blow your nose on them,..or whatever and then send them back.
Its like the old fashioned, land line phones; you could get a lot if satisfaction from slamming them down, to ‘hang up’ on somebody.
With these d,..stupid cell phones, all you get is a sore finger.
I get Dem texts (my daughter’s university sold phone numbers is all I can figure since they are addressed to her).
I replied back to one during Trump’s first run saying no thanks and very reasonably outlining why I was voting Trump.
I actually got a reply back daying, “Fine, if you want to vote for a rapist.”
There’s actual peeps behind those seemingly robotexts. 😱
Last election I replied back that sure they could count on my support and that I had actually rented a bus I was using to get the homeless to the polls. 😆
I got so much love back it made me blush.
It’s great to be so amazing.
I may be DNC chair some day.
Ask them to send you a gas card next time.
There’s always the air-horn-in-a-can…..they make *lots* of noise!!!
🙂
as goes his launch, goes his presidency.
a mess
He is reading what Trump has already put out with his agenda 47 #Trump2024 #Agenda47
By jove, I think you’ve GOT it!
RDS isn’t auditioning for US, he is auditioning for the same entitirs that installed Joe.
Its all intentional; he’s showing he can be an even bigger F up, than old Joe!
NOW it finally makes sense!
SpaceX failure on launch pad…..explosion of payload.
Can you imagine the burn and how long its gonna take meatball to get to sleep tonight?
Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly.
Gonna self-medicate with a gallon of chocolate pudding!
Casey gonna make him sleep on the couch!
Ron DeSaster lol
This was a planned to make Ron! Look like huuuge audience tuning in and broke it.
From yesterday, a canned comment by the professional Ron! Vote pusher. Second paragraph, note.
“ You’ve sat back and watched mainstream media treat Conservatives unfairly for years. They are biased, dishonest, and hostile towards anyone that does not carry the leftist water. This is why Governor DeSantis and his team have treated them like lepers in Florida and it’s been an EXCELLENT strategy.
I don’t think many people understand the significance of the DeSantis Team announcing his Presidential run on Twitter. Mainstream media will have to go on Twitter to get their news. Read that again. This is a watershed moment.“
Media routinely ignores events through their curation of what is reported, regardless of the platform. They won’t lose eyeballs.
Oh Lawdy! You are correct.
I’ll have an “Old Fashioned”.
I thought it was only Trump who overcounts his crowds? The National Park Service said so.
Electile dysfunction on a global scale..
Just … wow.
Well played! 🙂
The ‘real’ owners and operators of twitter must’ve had a gut-splitting good laugh down there in the control room throwing switches, spinning dials and crossing wires just to show ewwwwe-lon musk who is in charge.
That is what I was thinking.
Exactly, portals are multi-directional it seems. Sand just gets in everything.
Heyyyy Sundance. I’m gonna sit by you and snicker as it all unfolds I brought popcorn😁😁♥️♥️
Wait for me!!!!!!
This is a metaphor fur what is wrong with the world. We are so in love with tech (a sensor) when the simple thing (a switch)–a rally–works better.
And it is better for the soul.
anolog over digital, works better, more reliable every time.
For. Typo.
The modern elite of American politics and business have stark fascist motives and methods.
Street level campaign democracy can and will no longer be pulled off, by them.
Antifa is not playing at faux democracy.
The Democrats understand that old-fashioned American liberal democracy is over.
Hillary barely campaigned, Biden not at all.
When Hillary faked a “townhall” meeting, the audience was carefully screened, as were the questions.
Biden went on TV and bragged about the “extensive” voter fraud network the Democrats had set up. There followed not a whisper of protest from the media or Democrat supporters.
So the GOPe will overcome fascism with pancake breakfasts and rubber chicken banquets, when they tacitly supported the intention of the Fourth Branch to subvert Donald Trump, then and now? A pigeon couldn’t roost on that flimsy dividing fence.
DeSantis’s role is to hurt PDJT
the fake nazi stuff popping up everywhere is to keep the narrative – to push people away from PDJT
all of this is to kill the crowds and cooperation between people After the next Stolen election.
That was an unserious attempt at being serious about running for President of the United States. Gov Desantis, is it really worth it to become independently wealthy at the expense of the state of Florida and the United States of America?
You are getting far away from the idea of service to your country that you practiced in the Navy.
I just canceled my swastika flag order … and won’t be unfurling it at the San Francisco Gay “Pride” Parade. MAGA megas !!
I’m crying because this is so funny. It took me a second to understand what was going on!! “Can someone mute George?” Ha ha. The cougher!! Ron in whiney voice “Can I just make my announcement?”
The FBI guy! 😂😂😂
What FBI GUY, he was like,… gone!
Brilliant!
I loved the Klaus coughing, perfect. And the disappearing FBI guy…
They sound like an episode of Cheech and Chong.
Dave’s not here, man.
Gah! I posted this down below without seeing your comment!
Yes, this one wins the prize! 😂
Bound to happen in a 4D CTH conversation!
The coughing is brilliant!!
A “Yawnfest” – “Boring AF” – “A Sh*t Show” -“I’m About to Fall Asleep” – Feedback Comes In on DeSantis-Musk Snoozefest
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/yawnfest-boring-af-sht-show-im-about-fall/
See, Sundance — I know you’re having fun here with the technical failure (and it was probably sabotage from a techbro prog inside Twitter) — but even had it ran smoothly…
…it was still incredibly, almost indescribably boring.
I think that’s the buried lede here, honestly.
It’s the cherry on the sundae…
This is true.
I read earlier today, twitter was going to have another lay -off. Maybe some one giving the boss a big going away, Thank you!!!
If this keeps up, Pudge DeSoros is going to have to ask Obama to endorse him publicly this time.
MEATBALL goes down in FLAMES. Trump should have a blast with this.
Musk will have to release the troll bot storm against MAGA on Twitter. As soon as the 4th Branch of the Branden government call for reinforcements.
Re entry meatball
Never noticed how loved up BO and PR are in this picture. Leaning into each other. HMMMMMMMM
I noticed it years ago when CTH used to include the image in some of their targeted posts before the word Uniparty was even popular right around the time the Uniparty was colluding to trash the Tea Party now the MAGA Party
I don’t post links, going from memory.
There is a long tradition of the Speaker giving the newly elected POTUS a tour of Congress, and they filmed it.
Ryan was so obviously extreamly uncomfortable, being unctuos, it was wierd when I saw it at the time.
Later, as I realised that Ryan was already deeply involved in a plot to soft coup PDJT, his behavior and demeanor made perfect sense.
That bit was indeed weird, I think Blunt was extra creepy in that bit.
We weren’t joking when we said Karl Rovee, Ed roll-ins and Jeb bushiee are your brain trusts? …… wow, looks like the Ford Edsel introduction management team of 1957, déjà vu all over again.
THE FATEFUL “E DAY” — SEPT. 4, 1957
The Edsel brand debuted as the ‘the car of the future’ and was introduced with great fanfare as an ‘entirely new kind of car.’
Now flash forward to 2023
THE FATEFUL “DeXX DAY” — May 24, 2023.
The Desantis brand debuted as the ‘the candidate of the future’ and was introduced with great fanfare as an ‘entirely new kind of candidate.’
But, “Failure to launch” was the headline of the day for DeXX on 5/24/23. Not Good.
The event started and then was abruptly shut down without explanation. […] Twitter users pummeled Musk over the botched rollout, and Democrats were quick to capitalize.
Both Edsel and DeXX both lied to the customer about what they were getting. Edsel was pulled off the market and DeXX will face the same fate. You can’t fool Mother Nature nor the American people.
The deadliest political weapon…ridicule.
Wait until the memes start in earnest… In 3 -2 -1
Blast off!!
It’s much, much too early to be smug and arrogant about his failures. Tonight alone, he’ll have 200 MIllion more dollars to fight Trump.
Remember, people do NOT have to like Ron DeSantis nor does Ron De Santis have to win the GOP nomination for him to do damage to Trump.
I never count my chickens before they are hatched.
Ever. There is no currency in doing so, as we well know per the 2020 overnight election coup.
And I am well aware we are in early innings, TL. I am merely an interested observer of the political antics and the twists and turns such antics always engender.
But it doesn’t prevent me from enjoying the pre-show, which I am most assuredly doing.
In this frightening world we now live in, we could all use a laugh. I expect the memes and tweets will amply supply them.
I’d like to believe that you have not labeled me as smug or arrogant as your reply seemed to read. I’ll assume you meant in a general sense.
Blessings, sir.
TLH never fails to “out-bummer” themselves.
Always, always a class act, Betsy!
Coming from you, dutch, those are kind words I appreciate very much. Thank you, my friend.
Nor I. Yet the hysterical mockery MUST be employed and enjoyed … no matter how much of a puddleglum you are.
Anyway, Kenji, we’re so much better at it. Unleash the laughter!!
Agree!
This Desanctimonious Debacle is definitely worth a LOT
of laughter!
After he came to AZ and “hijacked” a rally for Kari Lake….
Karma……..
And she was wearing her red stilettos 👠 tonight!
I was out for the evening and am just getting up to speed…
TLH 😴😴😴
Betsy 🏴🏴🏴🥂
So good to see you, dear friend! Three flags!!
Awesome😁👍🏻
I will take the laughs where I can get ’em, and I am thankful for them. It’s great when the comedy writes itself, innit Bet?
Yes sir, my friend. Big time!😁
Maybe so – but today the damage to Ron was entirely self-inflicted.
And schadenfreudelicious.
Yummy!
Ron’s backers have already indicated the financial resources dedicated to pushing Meatball to the top of the plate is effectively limitless.
It won’t be enough.
Maquis:
Yeah, rich think like this.
So did President Bloomberg.
I hope they spend MORE $$$ in a losing effort as SHE did in 2016
True, But if past campaigns are any indicator, it is DeSantis who is going to get hurt.
… and he’ll have 40 million more ‘open Primary’ votes than PDJT … from Democrats
Good Day Tampa Bay will be all over this flop.
$/
Lol
Hilarious! Love Trump coming in at the end! 😂🤣😂🤣😂
It was my favorite part also!
God has a sense of humor.
If anyone says Trump is doomed or this or that. They don’t know. They are just talking.
God always has the last word.
That’s convenient. The hacking of the ‘24 election has commenced. Modern day hacking now called ‘glitches’…
Don’t cha know? It was RUSSIA! LOLOL
When will his handlers get the message?
Money poured down the drain, strategists running around without a clue.
The uniparty, swamp, security state apparatus, MSM are in pure utter desperation and have an unholy, existential terror of another Trump term.
The only logical assumption can be that they are all in with the great reset and have accelerated their timetable.
Most of the powers in the western world have succumbed via intimidation or self interested greed. With the ‘evil empire’acting as the gangster enforcers world wide.
DeSantis is a lightweight, but he’s only another puppet anyhow.
DeSaster is steadily Flirtin’ With Disaster and there are Dreams he’ll Never See 😂 😂 😂
Flirtin’ with Disaster – YouTube
Dreams I’ll Never See – YouTube
(Both songs by Molly Hatchet)
They are calling him DeSaster 🙊
I think we should describe it just like everyone likes to describe President Trump, even though it is nowhere near the case.
CHAOS.
I didn’t watch or listen, not interested, but from what everyone is saying…
I did say I was not impressed with twatter spaces, and that is from someone who is a trainer and an early adopter of live web training, coast to coast.
Must say, Steve Bannon had me laughing out loud BIG time!
Guys, Please stop….!!! You are making this way more complicated then it is….
Ron DeSantis is a Lawyer, a career Politician Lawyer….A graduate of Harvard and Yale….
Just based on those facts, DeSantis is unelectable…..That’s it…..End…
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You forgot his post-Yale military career in Navy JAG as Assistant Urinalysis Coordinator.
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And his teaching job at a private school in n. Ga.,where he had a now famous picture taken,drinking with his under age female students……
Yeah, but is he a CFR member?
Gotta be on the Council to win.
😋
Deleted – unforseen ads.
Too funny, I got about 4 emails all soliciting donations for DeDantis just about the time it all came crashing down.
Ditto – campaign ads begging for money. They want it to look like strong grass roots support via small donations.
That Titanic has sailed.
“Ron, my red button on my desk is bigger, more powerful and it WORKS!”
I’m counting … and I’m up to SIX DeSantis solicitations in the INBOX.
God is awesome!
I was just asking him this morning to confuse and confound the enemy related specifically to the DeSantis “launch.”
Wow!
LOL 😂
Matt Gaetz
@mattgaetz
DeSedative
7:28 PM · May 24, 2023
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DeNauseating
Sundance is GOD!
Careful!
I think he’d settle for “talent on loan from”.
LMAO!!! 🤣😂🤣😂 MAGA 👊👊🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️
I am so ready for a Trump rally! When is going to reschedule the Iowa rally?
David Marcus
@BlueBoxDave
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“This is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to a presidential candidate and it’s not close. Just hold a rally.“
No one would attend.
A DeSantis rally would be the second most embarrassing thing to happen to a presidential candidate.
Johnny from Airplane unplugged it. Just kidding.
Telling that Elon’s recent Starship launch was more successful then this.
And that at least lasted long enough to get airborne.
Elon is attempting to push- pull this poll on Twitter
God works in mysterious ways. Maybe the blaspheming ads showing DeSantis chosen by God were heard upstairs.
All the money in the world spent on Fake News is not going to overcome the “transparent fraud and political pretense” to voters who have been abused too many times by the sell-out establishment “elites”.
I am not a co- conspirator. I have an alibi. I DON’T HAVE TWITTER…🤣
I was always spot on publicly about Elon Musk. Never waivered and I intend on proudly gloating about it. Youve been warned.
I will take that under advisement, good sir.
Put in a call to Mayor Pete and the DOT. Don’t they take care of major derailments like this?
Scott Walker (who?) was leading the Republican Presidential polls in the summer of 2015.
Scott got tricked into promising to build a wall along the northern border, then he refused to discuss terrorism because it was “hypothetical”.
His donations rapidly dried up, and Walker quickly dropped out.
Don’t go into debt on IOUs from the rich guys, Ron. Politicians own the money they raise, and also the debts they incur.
Rich Baris’ take:
Total Disaster for Ron DeSantis’ Launch
https://peoplespundit.locals.com/post/4051320/total-disaster-for-ron-desantis-launch
I remember watching Rich live during the 2020 Branden installation broadcast (election). I stayed up all night/day waiting for the steal. There was only one hour in which I thought maybe the steal was not going to happen after all.
I will never forget the look on his face when he realized the election was rigged and how they tried to shut him down.
Im going to find some footage of his sunlight moment.
Spot on analysis. Meatball doin’ what meatballs do right about now….getting sauced!
Maybe Ron should have come down an escalator. He copies every other thing Trump has done, including his gestures.
How about a Trump rally in Dunedin Fl. Just to square things up.
Yes!
Brilliant!
Karma is indeed a bitch.