What Conservatives Are Saying About Elon Musk Buying Twitter

What Conservatives Are Saying About Elon Musk Buying Twitter

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Elon Musk took control of the social media site Twitter this week with a $44 billion deal. The Onion asked conservatives what they thought about Musk buying Twitter.

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Glen Pilcher (Millet Farmer)

Glen Pilcher (Millet Farmer)

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“Finally, I can share my controversial views on global millet production without being censored.”

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Jeff Bezos (Executive Chairman, Amazon)

Jeff Bezos (Executive Chairman, Amazon)

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“Sucker. Everyone knows the real way to control free speech is buying a newspaper.”

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Melanie Bishop (Mechanical Engineer)

Melanie Bishop (Mechanical Engineer)

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“Elon, if you’re reading this, the baby is yours and I can prove it.”

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5 / 19

Jeanie Clark (Pundit)

Jeanie Clark (Pundit)

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“Twitter is a website. Websites are viewed on laptops. Ipso facto, Hunter Biden.”

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Kristin Burch (Registered Nurse)

Kristin Burch (Registered Nurse)

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“I am going to doxx a child.”

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Patriot_DG_1921822 (Twitter Bot)

Patriot_DG_1921822 (Twitter Bot)

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“It’s going to make our jobs a hell of a lot easier, we’ll all tell you that much.”

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Ben Tohtz (Economist)

Ben Tohtz (Economist)

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“I just think that $44 billion could have been better spent starting a race war directly.”

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Maria Ensing (PR Manager)

Maria Ensing (PR Manager)

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“I still prefer to get my political messages across by defacing synagogues, but I think this is a good step.”

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10 / 19

Shane Rowland (Insurance Sales Agent)

Shane Rowland (Insurance Sales Agent)

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“I always knew big tech would be the one to finally stand up to big tech.”

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11 / 19

Natasha Guildstern (Diamond Jeweler)

Natasha Guildstern (Diamond Jeweler)

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“Elon Musk? The Zip2 guy? I haven’t really followed him since then.”

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Victoria Wooten (Interior Designer)

Victoria Wooten (Interior Designer)

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“I’m excited for an open and free exchange of ideas on how to better subjugate Black people.”

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Claudio Barrera (Shoe Store Owner)

Claudio Barrera (Shoe Store Owner)

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“What won’t this man buy? A shoe store? Will he buy my shoe store? I am getting up there in years and I desperately need someone to take this shoe store off my hands. Mr. Musk, sir, I know you are generous! Please, I beg you, help a humble shoe store owner with his miserable shoe store!”

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Patricia Daigle (High School Teacher)

Patricia Daigle (High School Teacher)

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“Twitter? I don’t know what that is. You mean Truth Social?”

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15 / 19

Sarah Roth (Radiology Tech)

Sarah Roth (Radiology Tech)

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“I still think he should be deported.”

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Ted Calvin (Sommelier)

Ted Calvin (Sommelier)

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“I hope he’ll reinstate me after the woke mob banned me for saying I detected notes of honey in a 2019 Rombauer Chardonnay.”

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Ted Cruz (Senator)

Ted Cruz (Senator)

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“I’d hope he’d realize that cozying up to a senator like myself would garner him political favors in a regulatory matter like this, but unfortunately he still thinks I’m a huge fucking loser.”

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Anthony Sarkar (Audiologist)

Anthony Sarkar (Audiologist)

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“I love watching the richest man on Earth stick it to those elites.”

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