Trump Is Again on Twitter, Elon Musk Says: ‘The Individuals Have Spoken’

It did not take lengthy for Twitter proprietor Elon Musk to reinstate former President Donald Trump after an almost two-year ban from the platform. Musk posted a ballot on Friday evening that wrapped up in 24 hours. Then on Saturday evening Musk mentioned the outcomes spoke for itself.

“The folks have spoken,” Musk about six minutes after the ballot ended. “Trump shall be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei.”

That final line was tweeted by Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a leftist who was amongst greater than 15 million accounts that voted within the ballot. It interprets to “voice of the folks, voice of God.”

“I already voted for Trump to have the ability to use Twitter. The Statue of Liberty should not stay an empty image,” López Obrador wrote in a retweet.

This is the ballot despatched by Musk on Friday night.

Musk touted that his ballot had 134 million views by 6:07 p.m. on Saturday, roughly an hour and a half earlier than it was to shut.

The outcomes? Greater than half the voters suppose ought to get his Twitter account again, however the proportion margin was skinny. Right here have been the outcomes from Musk’s ballot that started at 7:47 p.m. ET on Friday and ended precisely 24 hours later.

51.8% – Sure
48.2% – No
15,085,458 complete votes

Trump’s Twitter account and plenty of of his different social media accounts have been banned after the Jan. 6, 2021, rebel by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol. Social media platforms like Twitter instructed Trump incited the riots that resulted in a number of deaths.

New York Consultant Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded to the ballot, voicing her opinion to maintain the previous president off the platform.

“Idk man, final time he was right here this platform was used to incite an rebel, a number of folks died, the Vice President of america was almost assassinated, and a whole bunch have been injured however I assume that is not sufficient so that you can reply the query. Twitter ballot it’s,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.

Practically two hours after his reinstatement, Trump had but to put up something to his Twitter account. He did put up 4 hours earlier on Fact Social to “Vote now with positivity, however don’t be concerned, we aren’t going wherever. Fact Social is particular!”

Trump’s closing tweet earlier than getting banned was on Jan. 8, 2021, through which he wrote: “To all of those that have requested, I cannot be going to the inauguration on January twentieth.”

Musk bought Twitter final month for roughly $44 billion and has vowed to make it a free speech platform for everybody.

Newsweek has reached out to each Trump’s press workforce and Twitter for remark.