Elon Musk is making good on his promise to loosen the guardrails at Twitter — welcoming back controversy magnets like Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene — all while hectoring Democrats and posting lewd memes of his own.
But, so far, official Washington isn’t fleeing the new, more rough-and-tumble Twitter. For one, they don’t think they have anywhere else to go — and many believe it remains a vital messaging tool. Others are adopting a wait-and-see approach, in the hopes that things will smooth out in time.
“I think part of the hesitation for people to leave at the moment is there really isn’t another place that folks can turn to easily and have a similar dialogue,” said Mark Jablonowski, managing partner at Democratic digital ad firm DSPolitical. “Folks hope that it’ll be salvageable, but we’re witnessing this play out really in real time here.”
[Or they’re getting used to the fact that they can’t dictate the terms of debate on Twitter. — Ed]
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