...son of President Joe: cashiered from the Navy, a crackhead, wheeler dealer, leg humper, horn dog, and general all around ne'er do well. We're supposed to feel sorry for him...’s overseas business dealings ahead of the 2020 presidential election was "obviously incredibly inappropriate."
Musk, who is set to buy the social media platform, wrote his opinion Tuesday evening in response to news hound Saagar Enjeti, who tweeted a Politico article about how the social media company’s top lawyer was brought to tears when discussing its new ownership.
"Vijaya Gadde, the top censorship advocate at Twitter who famously gaslit the world on Joe Rogan’s podcast and censored the Hunter Biden laptop story, is very upset about the @elonmusk takeover," Enjeti wrote.
"Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate," Musk replied.
The Post’s exposé revealed the existence of tens of thousands of emails that detailed how the then-presidential candidate’s son leveraged his political access in a series of eyebrow-raising overseas business deals after the newspaper obtained a copy of the hard drive from the laptop.
The piece was banned by major social media sites in the weeks before the election, with Twitter justifying accusations of censorship by labeling the story "content obtained through hacking that contains private information."
"The images contained in the articles include personal and private information — like email addresses and phone numbers — which violate our rules," the company tweeted about the article at the time.
Many mainstream outlets also discredited the article, before later reporting on its veracity long after President Joe
The Big GuyBiden
...46th president of the U.S. Being a self-defined foreign policy whiz kid means never having to say you're sorry...
was elected.
The Republican National Committee accused the site of being in cahoots with the Biden campaign, but the Federal Election Commission ruled that Twitter did not suppress the article in an effort to tip the scales to the Democrats.
"Maybe they're just control-freak assholes? Nahhhh. It was to protect Slow Joe"
Gadde, who is known as Twitter’s "moral authority," cried during a staff meeting Monday while discussing the "significant uncertainties" that Musk’s leadership will bring, Politico wrote.
The world’s richest man reached a deal to buy the company for $44 billion Monday after saying the platform’s moderation policies were too restrictive.
Twitter exec suggests Elon Musk, other critics are misogynists
[NYPOST] A top Twitter executive has suggested that many of the platform’s critics — including soon-to-be owner Elon Musk, who ripped the firm’s top female lawyer over her censorship of the New York Post — are merely misogynists.
Lara Cohen, Twitter’s global head of partners, went on the attack hours after Musk singled out the site’s lead lawyer, Vijaya Gadde, over what he called the "obviously incredibly inappropriate" ban of The Post’s exclusive reporting on Hunter Biden
...son of President Joe: cashiered from the Navy, a crackhead, wheeler dealer, leg humper, horn dog, and general all around ne'er do well. We're supposed to feel sorry for him...’s shady business dealings.
She also shared messages of support for Leslie Berland, the company’s chief marketing officer who was caught in leaked audio suggesting that Musk’s plans for free speech put them in "a very difficult position."
Despite such scandals motivating Musk to spend a staggering $44 billion to buy the site, Cohen suggested criticism was based on her colleagues’ gender.
The View's Sunny Hostin says Elon Musk bought Twitter for 'straight white men'
[NYPOST] "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin said she dreads Elon Musk taking over Twitter, claiming it would benefit "predominantly straight white men" who are on the social-media platform.
"When Elon Musk says, ’Wow, this is about free speech,’ it seems to me that this is about free speech of straight white men, so let them have it," Hostin told her "View" co-hosts on Tuesday.
"Let them just go at it."
Hostin added: "I think Twitter can be a really horrible place, and I think people are excited because he is sort of going to unleash the trolls, right?"
"I think he is saying, ’You get to say whatever you want. I’m going to take away the guardrails.’ And for me, that is something that is a bit scary."
Hostin cited a statistic according to which 38% of women on Twitter have been "on the receiving end of abuse."
Hostin added that her favorite feature on Twitter is the "block button." She bemoaned the fact that Twitter "has an outsize influence in our world because politicians and celebrities are on it."