‘Biggest campaign launch failure in history’: Ron DeSantis mocked for chaotic Twitter room presidential ad with Elon Musk crashes five times and leaves users bamboozled
- Ron DeSantis was set to kick off his presidential campaign live on Twitter on Wednesday night, during a 6 p.m. ET chat with Elon Musk
- The launch was immediately hit by technical issues: it started late, then crashed quickly.
- Frantic tech advisers could be heard in the background, as moderator David Sacks said so many people were listening it was melting the internet.
Ron DeSantis has been ridiculed online for his attempt to launch his presidential campaign on Twitter, with technical failures preventing discussion with Elon Musk.
The launch was scheduled to take place Wednesday at 6 p.m. EST.
Still, Twitter was unable to keep up with the traffic, and servers crashed several times.
The event was initially delayed by several minutes, and when it started, the audio cut out frequently.
Moderator David Sacks said so many people were trying to listen that it was “melting the internet”.
By 6:30 p.m., the sound was muted and DeSantis had yet to say a word.
The internet erupted in mockery.
“Biggest campaign launch failure in history,” one tweeted. “Nice DeSantis. Presented by Elon L Musk.’
Ron DeSantis intended to kick off his presidential campaign on Twitter on Wednesday night, but the tech crashed
