{"id":1455964,"date":"2022-04-27T19:29:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T23:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1455964"},"modified":"2022-04-27T19:29:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T23:29:39","slug":"musk-responds-to-shapiro-tweet-calls-out-former-twitter-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-responds-to-shapiro-tweet-calls-out-former-twitter-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk Responds To Shapiro Tweet; Calls Out Former Twitter CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-responds-to-shapiro-tweet-calls-out-former-twitter-ceo%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1455964&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/ElonMusk1-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Elon Musk responded to a tweet from The Daily Wire\u2019s Ben Shapiro on Wednesday where he laid out what people should expect about the vision that he has for the platform in regard to free speech.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who fired off several tweets throughout the day, had his offer to buy Twitter approved by the company\u2019s board of directors this week for $54.20 per share in a deal worth $44 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@elonmusk: Twitter should be politically neutral,\u201d Shapiro tweeted. \u201cWaPo and every Left-wing blue checkmark: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys are giving away your game,\u201d Shapiro added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttacks are coming thick and fast, primarily from the left, which is no surprise, however I should be clear that the right will probably be a little unhappy too,\u201d Musk responded. \u201cMy goal is to maximize area under the curve of total human happiness, which means the ~80% of people in the middle.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Attacks are coming thick and fast, primarily from the left, which is no surprise, however I should be clear that the right will probably be a little unhappy too.<\/p>\n<p>My goal is to maximize area under the curve of total human happiness, which means the ~80% of people in the middle.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1519441841116041219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Musk added in a separate tweet, \u201cFor Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far right and the far left equally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Musk mocked Twitter\u2019s top lawyer, Vijaya Gadde, in a meme, which elicited a response from former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, who wrote, \u201cWhat\u2019s going on? You\u2019re making an executive at the company you just bought the target of harassment and threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Costolo simultaneously tweeted, \u201cBullying is not leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded, \u201cWhat are [you] talking about? I\u2019m just saying Twitter needs to be politically neutral.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What are talking about? I\u2019m just saying Twitter needs to be politically neutral.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1519427628138217473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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