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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) didn’t pull any punches when Stephen Colbert requested her to weigh in on Twitter’s new proprietor Elon Musk throughout an interview set to air on Wednesday evening’s Late Present.
The senator unleashed a large eye roll when Colbert introduced up Musk “dabbling in conspiracy theories” on the platform he not too long ago took over. “You’ve by no means been an enormous fan of billionaires, particularly ones who don’t pay their taxes,” the host remarked earlier than asking her what she thinks concerning the world’s richest man controlling Twitter.
“So I have a look at it this manner,” Warren replied. “Anyone goes to make the selections about what we see on Twitter, proper? It may be made out within the open, it may be made in public, it might be made by a fee, we may resolve to do this. We may make the principles on the market and for anyone to see.”
“Or, it might be made by one billionaire in a really darkish room, primarily based on no matter is operating round in the course of his head,” she continued ominously. “Me? I believe these selections must be made out within the open. I don’t assume any billionaire—any billionaire—must be the one who has that sort of energy to resolve how Individuals, how individuals world wide get an opportunity to speak to one another. So I’ve received an actual downside with him.”
And that downside is just not new to Musk since he acquired Twitter. In truth, it was on that website nearly a yr in the past that Warren went after him, tweeting, “Let’s change the rigged tax code so The Individual of the Yr will really pay taxes and cease freeloading off everybody else.”
In response, Musk introduced up the allegations that Warren misrepresented her Native American heritage earlier than including, “You remind me of after I was a child and my pal’s offended Mother would simply randomly yell at everybody for no motive.” After which later, “Please don’t name the supervisor on me, Senator Karen.”
It appears nearly inevitable that Musk will use Twitter to fireplace again at Warren for her newest feedback, particularly after he spent Wednesday tweeting at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for criticizing his enterprise mannequin.
“Lmao at a billionaire earnestly making an attempt to promote individuals on the concept ‘free speech’ is definitely a $8/mo subscription plan,” the congresswomen tweeted, to which Musk replied, “Your suggestions is appreciated, now pay $8.”