Posted on 05/29/2023 10:27:35 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Ron DeSantis’s claim that he broke the internet during his campaign launch “because so many people were excited about being on the Twitter space” has failed to catch on both at home and abroad. The spin flopped after an even larger Twitter Space with Trump world advisors and influencers achieved around double the listenership immediately after the Florida Governor’s botched launch on Wednesday night.
The campaign launch was led by Hillary Clinton donor David Sacks alongside Elon Musk on Twitter last night. The first 20 minutes were mostly dead air and saw the app crash and fail several times. Audiences were left in a state of total confusion, with many leaving when they heard nothing, and never coming back.
The vast majority of the coverage across the world has been negative, with words such as “incompetent,” “disastrous,” and meltdown being used to describe it.
The Guardian (United Kingdom) – Failure to Launch: Twitter glitches deal double blow to Elon Musk and Ron DeSantis.”
Sky News (United Kingdom) – “Ron DeSantis claims campaign launch ‘broke the internet’ – but did it hint at an incompetent candidate from the off?”
Frankfurter Allgemeine (Germany) – “A found food for Trump” which is a German idiom. Translated, it refers to something that one can exploit or use to one’s advantage, especially with a sense of opportunism. A more contextually accurate translation might be, “A golden opportunity for Trump” or “easy pickings for Trump.”
9 News Australia – “‘Disaster’: Twitter meltdown derails presidential campaign launch.”
Franceinfo – “Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign launch turns into a fiasco and draws mockery from Donald Trump.”
Arab News – “Twitter meltdown mars DeSantis’ launch of 2024 GOP presidential bid to challenge White House.”
Al Jazeera – “DeSantis launches US presidential bid in glitch-filled broadcast.”
SOHU (China) – “DeSantis’ candidacy announcement tripped up by Twitter glitch: live stream disconnected multiple times, Trump mocks ‘disaster scene.”
Mainichi (Japan) – “DeSantis, Mask and ‘run-off delivery’: connection failure disrupts stakes.”
Reuters – “Ron DeSantis joins White House race, tripped up by chaotic Twitter launch.”
CBC (Canada) – DeSantis kicks off 2024 U.S. presidential campaign after Twitter event plagues by technical problems.”
According to some, the Twitter roll out is a metaphor for the DeSantis campaign.
Whether his campaign gains traction remains to be seen.
But here’s more grist for the mill in the battle for the GOP presidential nomination.
What are you only Trumpers afraid of?
Do you really have to rummage through the garbage to find 4 day old not-news and try to make a mountain out of it?
Pathetic.
Four days is reasonable to round up details of the collective response by international news outlets to domestic meatball events.
Server overload seems like the most logical explanation to me. To those who think otherwise - show proof.
Then we can talk about the Truth Social launch and why millions of people forced to wait for months.
Lol...this is like blaming the bride and groom for something the caterer did.
Yeah. And four days is long enough to repeat liberal lies about the DeSantis campaign rollout from “international news outlets”.
What a shame only Trumpers have to resort to liberal lies as they kneel before their demigod.
Exactly!
Remember Reagan and the microphone?
Is that you Ron.....?
gaslight
straw-clutching
>> What are you only Trumpers afraid of?
I don’t speak for every President Trump proponent of course, but I’m not afraid of anything.
I do enjoy reading more about how the feckless RdS fell flat on his ass after the interminable wind-testing that led up to his “announcement”, and I’m glad the OP posted the collection.
>> Do you really have to rummage through the garbage to find 4 day old not-news and try to make a mountain out of it?
That’s really rich, coming from a never-Trumper who will reach w-a-a-a-a-y deep into any and all commentary, no matter how old (or how odious the leftist source) in order to tarnish President Trump and his accomplishments.
What a shame only Trumpers have to resort to liberal lies as they kneel before their demigod.
/\
Spoken by a freeper true believer.
Sad.
Look !
Look like a prog commie ?
Yup
Looks like a prog commie !
Smell !
Smell like a prog commie ?
Yup
Smells like a prog commie !
Taste !
What ?
Taste !
Taste like a prog commie in Sig line drag ?
Yup, don’t step in it.
This has been
a Cuz Public Service Announcement.
Trump-only fans focusing on the trivial and ignoring what really matters to patriotic Americans.
Too many people trying to get in; the space crashed.
IOW, DeSantis drew a big crowd. I was told only Trump could do that.
“Ron DeSantis’s claim that he broke the internet during his campaign launch ‘because so many people were excited about being on the Twitter space’”
Pathetic. There were “only” hundreds of thousands tuned in. On Musk’s Twitter Space account, in the past he’s had as many as 3 million at once, and it didn’t “break” the internet.
“Too many people trying to get in; the space crashed.”
Then why didn’t it crash when Musk has had three times that many in at the same time in the past?
I hope people choose who to vote for based on air time, band width and who has the nicest web site, and such. George Washington was almost not elected because his twitter feed didn’t work for an hour.
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