DeSantis was roasted for the Twitter meltdown — which few have heard
Say what you will about the failed launch of Twitter Spaces Ron DeSantisOn the presidential campaign trail, it certainly made for some great zingers. One of the best ones came from this surprisingly feisty Twitter account Joe Bidenwhich exploited loopholes to direct supporters to his fundraising page:
Later that evening, they used the botched launch and DeSantis’ past statements to produce a video mocking Florida’s governor:
DeSantis paid the price for Twitter’s collapse. According to CNN, there were a few actual listeners left when the Spaces event finally got underway:
CNN with Trump averaged 3.3 million *concurrent* viewers. Concurrent viewers do not equal total viewers. They measure different things. Twitter crashes with only a few hundred thousand concurrent listeners. In the end, when he was working, he had about 200k. pic.twitter.com/GA6DywJHRg
– Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 25, 2023
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Reports indicate that Joe Biden and the Speaker of the House, Republican Kevin McCarthy, are close to reaching agreement on a bill that would raise the debt ceiling through the 2024 election, allowing the president to avoid another showdown until voters go to the polls.
This proposal has already received opposition from the far right, underlining that McCarthy will likely need the votes of Democrats to get any bipartisan bill through the House.
Kevin McCarthy is about to strike a terrible deal to get rid of the debt limit through the Biden term in exchange for a few cuts. Nothing to crush the bureaucracy. They are lining up Democrats to pass it. The DC Cartel is reassembling. It’s time to top defcon. #HoldTheLine
– Russ Vogt (@russvought) May 25, 2023
Kevin McCarthy is about to strike a terrible deal to get rid of the debt limit [through] The term Biden means little in terms of cuts Ross Vogtwho served as Director of the Office of Management and Budget under Donald Trump.
Nothing to crush the bureaucracy. They are lining up Democrats to pass it. The DC Cartel is reassembling. It’s time to top defcon. #HoldTheLine”
More in the Senate, Republican Mike Lee of Utah has already pledged to “use every procedural tool at my disposal to block a debt ceiling deal that contains no major spending and budget reforms.” Such a delay in the House of Representatives could increase the risk of default.
I will use every procedural tool at my disposal to block a debt ceiling deal that does not contain big spending and budget reforms. I’m afraid things are going in that direction. If they do, this proposal will not face smooth sailing in the Senate.
– Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) May 25, 2023
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The House is done with its legislative work for the week, and members are preparing to go home for Memorial Day weekend without a deal on raising the debt ceiling.
We have finished voting for today.
– Republican Toilet (RepCloakroom) May 25, 2023
Speaker of the House, Republican Kevin McCarthyAnd to reporters This morning, the debt ceiling talks continued past midnight yesterday, and negotiators are working around the clock until a deal is reached.
“I thought we made some progress,” McCarthy said. “There are still some outstanding issues, and I have directed our teams to work 24/7.”
Chancellor of the Exchequer , Janet Yellenwarned that the United States could default as early as June 1, leaving lawmakers little time to approve an increase in the debt limit.
Even if the White House and Kevin McCarthy reach an agreement on the debt ceiling, it still has to absolve both the House and Senate. As The Guardian’s Joan E Greve reports, many Democrats aren’t happy with what they hear about GOP demands in the high-stakes talks:
Lawmakers traded barbs about who was responsible for the protracted debt ceiling standoff on Wednesday.
With the state nearing a deadline to avoid a federal default, talks between Joe Biden and the Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, continued on Wednesday, as negotiators met again to hammer out details of a potential deal. But both parties are exchanging notes at the same time, confirming that the agreement has not yet been reached.
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congress Progressive Caucus, opposed the Republicans’ insistence on spending cuts. Jayapal said she spoke on Tuesday to White House officials who told her Republican negotiators had already rejected $3 trillion worth of deficit-cutting proposals, such as ending tax subsidies for major oil companies and closing the carry interest loophole.
Debt limit deal ‘likely’ by noon Friday: Large Republican
Reuters reports that Kevin Hearnhead of the largest Republican caucus in Congress, believes that reaching an agreement on raising the US government’s debt ceiling is “likely” by noon tomorrow.
The Republican Party has demanded spending cuts in return for increasing the US government’s ability to take on more debt before an estimated June 1 deadline, after which Washington could run out of cash and default on its obligations for the first time in history.
Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthydeputies have been negotiating with Joe BidenHouse representatives for days, and comments by Hearn, who chairs the House Republican Study Committee, are some of the best indications yet that the two sides are close to a deal.
In a statement commemorating the life of Tina Turner, the rock and roll legend who passed away yesterday at the age of 83, Vice President Kamala Harris called her “a remarkable woman whose life was a testament to all who believed in what could be, unencumbered by ‘what was’.”
Here’s more of her statement:
Her strength, distinctive voice, and signature moves have inspired millions. An icon, her career has been one of the most iconic in music history. Among her countless awards and honors, the “Queen of Rock & Roll” has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame not just once, but twice.
Her life was not without hardship. Throughout her life, she faced racism, sexism, and domestic violence. As she later put it, experiences that “could have broken me, instead became the fuel for my flight, propelling me higher”. Tina Turner was simply the best. Today, Doug and I pray for her family and loved ones.
Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign is trying to spin a Twitter launch disaster, directing reporters to the governor Interview with Fox News Later yesterday evening.
“We had a huge audience. It was the biggest they’ve ever had. It broke the Twitter space. And so we’re really excited with the excitement,” DeSantis said.
A replay of the event is featured prominently on DeSantis’ official campaign website, where it is called “the ad that broke the internet”.
For all the yuks created by launching Ron DeSantis’ failed Twitter Spaces campaign, the Guardian’s Richard Luscombe reports that activist groups in Florida are warning that there is nothing funny about the governor’s policies targeting transgender people and other minorities:
Minority groups and others in Florida, who were trampled by Ron DeSantis during his run to the White House, are warning that democracy is under threat at the national level.
The right-wing Republican governor’s announcement Wednesday that he is seeking his party’s 2024 presidential nomination sparked outrage and a new promise of resistance from transgender advocates, immigrant organizations, civil rights and voting rights groups in Florida, who have borne the brunt of his radical policies. and legislation.
A leading Democratic congresswoman from Florida has called the broader United States “the canary in the coal mine” as DeSantis prepares to promote his hard-right brand on the national stage.
For those who missed it, and presumably most people, Dan Melmo of the Guardian has a rundown of exactly what happened when Ron DeSantis tried to launch his presidential campaign on Twitter:
Ron DeSantis’ Twitter campaign launch was marred by technical glitches on Wednesday night.
Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, has sought to diversify Twitter’s audience, calling itself an “absolute free speech” while also bringing back previously banned accounts such as that of Donald Trump. However, it has also severely cut costs, leading to warnings that the platform could become subject to regular outages.
Here we answer questions about what happened to DeSantis’ firing and why.
Not to be outdone by Joe Biden’s social media team, Donald Trump posted to his Instagram account a parody of DeSantis’ campaign on Twitter Spaces yesterday — featuring the Florida governor on the side of Satan, Adolf Hitler and right-wing conspiracy constructs George Soros and Klaus Schwab.
However, they can also be kind of funny:
From Donald Trump’s Instagram account: Fake video of Twitter spaces (including fake DeSantis audio) with DeSantis, Elon, George Soros, Hitler, the FBI, Dick Cheney, The Devil, and others.
– Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) May 25, 2023
DeSantis was roasted for the Twitter meltdown — which few have heard
Say what you will about the failed launch of Twitter Spaces Ron DeSantisOn the presidential campaign trail, it certainly made for some great zingers. One of the best ones came from this surprisingly feisty Twitter account Joe Bidenwhich exploited loopholes to direct supporters to his fundraising page:
Later that evening, they used the botched launch and DeSantis’ past statements to produce a video mocking Florida’s governor:
DeSantis paid the price for Twitter’s collapse. According to CNN, there were a few actual listeners left when the Spaces event finally got under way:
CNN with Trump averaged 3.3 million *concurrent* viewers. Concurrent viewers do not equal total viewers. They measure different things. Twitter crashes with only a few hundred thousand concurrent listeners. In the end, when he was working, he had about 200k. pic.twitter.com/GA6DywJHRg
– Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 25, 2023
After battling Twitter glitches, DeSantis’ next battle will be with Donald Trump
Good morning, readers of the American Politics blog. Ron DeSantisThe presidential campaign descended into farce on Wednesday night, after Florida’s governor chose to make an official bid by announcing Spaces’ podcast feature on Twitter. But there’s a reason White House aspirants usually reveal such things in their speeches to cheering crowds, rather than on social networks notoriously unreliable lately: The former is much harder to mess with. And that’s exactly what happened on Twitter, where DeSantis was silenced for minutes while website staff could be heard trying to fix whatever was wrong with Spaces, before the event restarted and many listeners went elsewhere. So we can say his campaign launch didn’t go well, and the Twitter debacle will be fodder for talk shows and rival candidates for weeks, if not months, to come. However, DeSantis’ ultimate goal remains the same: He still needs to close the huge gap in support of Republican voters between himself and him. Donald Trump If he wants to appear on the same ballot as Joe Biden.
Here’s what else is happening today:
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Debt ceiling negotiations It is still going on among Republicans in the House of Representatives and the White House. The early days of June remain the estimated deadline for a deal to avoid a catastrophic default. There hasn’t been a hack yet, but we’ll let you know if one comes in handy.
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Today is the third anniversary of George Floyd’s deathAnd Biden issued a statement asking Americans to “build on the progress we’ve made to date and recommit to the work we must continue to do every day to change hearts and minds as well as laws and policies.”
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White House Press Secretary Karen Jean-Pierre Reporters will brief at 1 p.m. ET.
