Biden taunts DeSantis for botched campaign start.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ highly anticipated presidential campaign announcement was marred by technical difficulties, causing a delay. While DeSantis and Twitter owner Elon Musk worked to resolve the glitches plaguing their scheduled Twitter Spaces interview, President Joe Biden took the opportunity to poke fun at one of the candidates vying for his job.

“This link works,” Biden posted on his Twitter account, sharing a link to a donation page for his campaign.

Biden continued to mock DeSantis in a subsequent post, highlighting the six-week abortion ban he recently signed into law and his previous support in Congress for cuts to entitlements.

“No matter what happens, you can hear Ron DeSantis’ agenda loud and clear,” Biden wrote.

Following the interview, the hashtag “#DeSaster” began trending on Twitter, sparked by Donald Trump Jr.’s response to the situation. Others posted altered movie posters for the movie “Failure to Launch” starring DeSantis and Musk. Even former President Donald Trump joined in on the pile-on with a series of his own social media posts roasting DeSantis on Truth Social.

“Is the DeSantis launch FATAL? Yes!” Trump wrote in one post.

Silver Lining

Despite the ridicule, DeSantis’ camp latched on to the positive fact that the technical problems appeared to be caused by the overwhelming number of listeners attempting to tune in to DeSantis’ announcement.

“Just got off the phone with @elonmusk + @DavidSacks – heard behind the scenes details from Twitter as they handled the nearly 1 million people trying to get into the Spaces room,” DeSantis campaign manager Generra Peck wrote on Twitter following the interview.

“They had more than 700k in the room to start with hundreds of thousands trying to get in…had to relocate the room.”

Bryan Griffin, DeSantis’ press secretary, echoed that optimism, noting:

“We’re thrilled with the overwhelming response to Governor DeSantis’ announcement. The technical issues were a testament to the incredible demand for his message and vision for America.”