Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was set to kick off his presidential campaign with a Twitter Spaces chat with Elon Musk.
Problem was, Twitter might not have been ready to handle the audience.
With a crowd of more than 250,000 people ready to listen to the conversation, the event crashed multiple times as the audience kept growing. About 20 minutes after it was scheduled to start, and before DeSantis himself even got a chance to speak, the Spaces closed as crews worked to make fixes.
It’s not exactly the start the Florida governor was hoping for in his campaign. Once deemed a favorite to win the Republican nomination, he has since seen a series of setbacks in the buildup to his official entry into the race for the White House. Former President Donald Trump has taken multiple shots at DeSantis over the past months, and Wednesday’s event will likely add fuel to that fire.
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The discussion eventually switched to another Space with a fraction of the listeners.
Biden himself had some fun on Twitter.
Reporters and other Twitter users also weighed in on the delay.
