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Twitter Spaces glitches, crashes during DeSantis presidential campaign launch #Shorts

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign got off to a rocky start when his announcement event on Twitter was plagued by technical difficulties.

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DeSantis filed his presidential paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday afternoon, making him an official candidate. The 6 p.m. Twitter event with company CEO Elon Musk and moderator David Sacks was DeSantis’ first opportunity to publicly tout his campaign, and it did not start well.

Sacks attributed the problems to strong interest in the event, saying “we’ve got so many people here that we are kind of melting the servers, which is a good sign.”

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