by Joseph A. Wulfsohn
Elon Musk is set to officially own Twitter by the end of the week
Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a big splash on Twitter with a video of himself walking into the tech giant's headquarters ahead of his takeover of the company.
Musk, who is set to officially have ownership of the social media platform by Friday, shared a clip of himself walking into Twitter's lobby while carrying a sink.
"Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!" Musk exclaimed with a visual pun.
Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in! pic.twitter.com/D68z4K2wq7
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 26, 2022
Many on the left are sounding the alarm about Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. (FOX)
Many Musk fans and other conservatives rallied behind the billionaire.
"Let Freedom Ring!" GOP commentator Wesley Hunt reacted.
"I can't even calculate how much money I'd pay to read the Slack chat of Twitter employees today. Definitely would pay extra to read the thoughts of ‘Content Moderators,’" Substack journalist Glenn Greenwald wrote.
I can't even calculate how much money I'd pay to read the Slack chat of Twitter employees today.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 26, 2022
Definitely would pay extra to read the thoughts of "Content Moderators." https://t.co/ZqWG0fjQND
Conservative comedians the Hodge Twins said, "Elon bout to make Twitter great again."
"Boy it makes me happy to see Elon Musk at Twitter HQ after 13 years on this platform getting censored and shadowbanned and taking away followers. LET FREEDOM RING!" journalist Emily Miller tweeted.
"If you didn't like The Babylon Bee calling an adult male a man, you could have just not followed them on Twitter. Look what you did," The Daily Wire's Frank J. Fleming pointed out.
Elon Musk is set to take over Twitter after a lengthy battle. (Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Others, however, did not see the humor in Musk's video.
"This
is fundamentally cruel," CNN analyst Juliette Kayyem reacted. "Whatever
the masters of the universe are doing with this website, lots and lots
of people — not fancy people, just people with kids and houses and
vacation plans and who make companies run and rich men richer — will
lose their livelihoods."
This is fundamentally cruel. Whatever the masters of the universe are doing with this website, lots and lots of people — not fancy people, just people with kids and houses and vacation plans and who make companies run and rich men richer — will lose their livelihoods. https://t.co/G06GNk0VX3
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) October 26, 2022
"He's such a piece of trash," Mississippi Free Press reporter Ashton Pittman tweeted.
"Tech billionaire with very strong, eccentric and often half-baked views on politics, powered by enormous ego, is live-tweeting his takeover of this platform," Der Spiegel journalist Mathieu von Rohr wrote.
The nine-second video has already gathered over 16 million views in the matter of hours.
Musk also changed his Twitter bio to read "Chief Twit" and later tweeted, "Meeting a lot of cool people at Twitter today!"
Billionaire Elon Musk is about to carry out his $44 billion acquisition of the social media giant Twitter. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Last spring, Musk was set to buy Twitter for $44 billion but then attempted to pull out of the deal after he accused the company of being deceitful regarding the number of bots that were on the platform. Twitter, in return, took Musk to court to force him to buy the company. In recent weeks, Musk changed his tune and pledged to proceed with the original offer.
Conservatives have widely supported the Musk takeover as the billionaire tycoon has signaled his support for free speech principles, while liberals have sounded the alarm that Musk will allow "misinformation" and hateful content to run rampant and perhaps reinstate former President Trump's Twitter account.
Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/media/meltdown-elon-musk-enters-twitter-headquarters-ahead-takeover-let-sink
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