Elon Musk’s event with Ron DeSantis exposes Twitter’s weaknesses

Hosting Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, in a Twitter audio event Wednesday to announce his presidential run was supposed to be a triumphant moment for Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter.

Instead, the event began with more than 20 minutes of technical glitches, hot mic moments and drowned-out and half-said conversations before the livestream abruptly cut out. Minutes later, the livestream restarted as hundreds of thousands of listeners tried to tune in. DeSantis had not said a word at that point.

“That was insane, sorry,” Musk said.