DeSantis Joins Carlson in Pushing Twitter to the Center of the GOP Stage

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Florida governor Ron DeSantis speaks as he celebrates onstage during his 2022 midterm elections night party in Tampa, Fla, November 8, 2022.

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Florida governor Ron DeSantis plans to launch his 2024 campaign during a Twitter Spaces interview with Elon Musk on Wednesday night — the latest indication that the social-media site, formerly a hive mind of progressive tastemakers, is increasingly viewed as the platform for prominent right-wingers looking to make an end run around traditional media institutions.

The unconventional campaign announcement will come about two weeks after Tucker Carlson said that he would be taking his show to Twitter after his sudden split with Fox News.

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Brittany Bernstein is the deputy news editor of National Review Online.

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