Tucker Carlson sees Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter as the “single biggest political development” since the election of former President Donald Trump. And he’s not wrong.
During his Monday night opening monologue, Carlson played a clip of the scene inside the company’s headquarters when the announcement of the deal was made.
After showing viewers footage of Hillary Clinton supporters on election night 2016 instead, the talk show host said, “Sorry, wrong tape.”
“What you just saw was the collective grief of people who thought they were going to be fully in charge. Who totally believed they’d be able to rule without limit. You’re watching those people learn that actually, other people get to talk too. And that realization is crushing to them. It’s the one thing they fear and that tells you everything about why those people should never be near power.”
“People who want a monopoly on free speech and thought hate Elon Musk. … They can’t control him.”
He plays a clip of Musk telling an interviewer that “having a public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilization.”
If you’re trying to determine who the tyrants are, Carlson told viewers, “they are anyone who’s bothered by the idea that other people might get to talk. And tonight, the tyrants are grieving.”
If they can afford to buy Twitter, they can afford to pay their fair share in taxes. RT if you’re ready for @potus’ Billionaire Minimum Income Tax.
— Katherine Clark (@RepKClark) April 25, 2022
If you can buy a major social media platform, you can pay your fair share in taxes.
Tax. The. Rich. https://t.co/SRCAQNugIe
— Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (@RepBonnie) April 25, 2022
Ladies, Musk is paying more than his fair share.
Forced to exercise stock options that were expiring, Musk told CNBC in December he would be paying $11 billion dollars in taxes. That would make him the year’s highest taxpayer.
For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 20, 2021
Carlson played a clip from journalist Anand Giridharadas, who appeared as a guest on the Monday edition of Joy Reid’s MSNBC show. He says: “And Elon Musk is the fox coming into the hen house. And it is shameful that Twitter, which has a fiduciary obligation, I would think, to protect people who actually use it … Did they ask a single woman? … Was a single woman consulted? Was a single person of color who just uses Twitter, who made the mistake of using Twitter and needs it for their job. … “
That’s just too nuts to even argue with.
Other liberal reaction to the news was glorious!
Upon hearing the news that a deal had been struck, far-left activist Shaun King tweeted: “At its root, @Elon Musk wanting to purchase Twitter is not about left vs right. It’s about white power. The man was raised in Apartheid by a white nationalist.”
Shortly after the post went up, King deleted his Twitter account.
BREAKING: @ShaunKing has deleted his Twitter account
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) April 26, 2022
Conservative actor James Woods responded in his trademark style.
As @elonmusk liberates Twitter from the Thought Police, the loonies start “moving to Canada” yet again… pic.twitter.com/jhVbuYmb9X
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) April 25, 2022
Here’s one of the responses to Woods’ tweet:
— Taqtiqal NuQes (@TaqtiqalNuQes) April 25, 2022
The left’s remarkable meltdown over the idea that all Americans should be entitled to free speech is nothing short of extraordinary. They’ve grown accustomed to the one-way street they’ve enjoyed for so long.
Although Twitter isn’t a huge company, it’s had an outsize influence on American politics. The platform’s suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story in October 2020 arguably swayed a U.S. presidential election.
Inside of a three-week period, Elon Musk managed to claw back the right to free speech for all Americans. This deal will go a long way toward leveling what many of us consider to be a “rigged” playing field.
The left knows they can’t win the game if they’re not allowed to cheat. Hence the collective outrage.
Ahhh, schadenfreude.
A previous version of this article was published on The Western Journal.
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