{"id":1722248,"date":"2022-11-02T18:58:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T22:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1722248"},"modified":"2022-11-02T19:04:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T23:04:24","slug":"piers-morgan-defends-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/piers-morgan-defends-elon-musk\/","title":{"rendered":"Piers Morgan Defends Elon Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/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%2Fpiers-morgan-defends-elon-musk%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=1722248&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.02-06.54-themixnet-6362bce7091be.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In the six days that it\u2019s been since the billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s acquisition of Twitter became official, liberals have been losing their minds and threatening to quit the social media platform in protest. The British media personality Piers Morgan is now firing back at them by defending Musk and slamming the left\u2019s \u201cmiserably predictable\u201d meltdown over his Twitter takeover.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Twitter has for a long time now been managed by a woke workforce which has systematically shadow-banned and buried commentators who are mainly on the right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Piers Morgan reacts to the criticism being directed at Elon Musk&#8217;s Twitter takeover.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/piersmorgan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@piersmorgan<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMU?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PMU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hByxyBzsSm\">pic.twitter.com\/hByxyBzsSm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PiersUncensored\/status\/1587177100221374464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Morgan Defends Musk<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Unlike most celebrities, Morgan was happy to see that Musk is the new owner of Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat you\u2019ve seen with Twitter is a very woke workforce who had basically been shadow-banning conservative commentators from Twitter for a long time,\u201d Morgan told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/media\/piers-morgan-roasts-left-miserably-predictable-meltdown-elon-musk-twitter-takeover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ve all known this. They\u2019ve also been almost exclusively banning people on the right without banning people on the left for similar offenses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there again, [Elon Musk] is going to bring back comedy, the ability to have a laugh, to banter with people without fearing that you\u2019re going to get canceled,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd I really think this is long overdue. And the reaction from the left, I have to say, has been miserably predictable. It reminds me of when Donald Trump was named president. They all said, \u2018we\u2019re all leaving the country.\u2019 None of them left the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe and get our daily emails and follow us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By opting in, you agree to receive emails with the latest in Lifestyle + Entertainment from TellMeNow. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Morgan proceeded to call out the many liberals, one of whom is the former \u201cAll In The Family\u201d star Rob Reiner, who have been claiming that they would leave Twitter in protest of Musk, only to then continue tweeting anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full Story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.net\/2022\/11\/john-rich-calls-out-rob-reiner-for-continuing-to-tweet-after-claiming-hes-leaving-twitter-to-boycott-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Rich Calls Out Rob Reiner For Continuing To Tweet After Claiming He\u2019s Leaving Twitter To Boycott Elon Musk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the same rule now saying, chucking their rattles out of their stroller and saying, \u2018we\u2019re all going to leave Twitter.\u2019 They\u2019re not going to leave Twitter because they love Twitter as much as I do,\u201d Morgan continued. \u201cThey\u2019re addicted to the damn thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I think what you\u2019re going to see is a lot of whining, a lot of throwing rattles around, and then it will calm down, and we\u2019ll actually probably find that Elon Musk restores Twitter to what it should have been, which is a fair, open platform for people of all persuasions and all views,\u201d he concluded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Celebrity Meltdowns Over Musk Buying Twitter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Here are some of the biggest celebrity meltdowns over Musk buying Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not hanging around for whatever Elon has planned. Bye.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shondarhimes\/status\/1586399694896390147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welp. It\u2019s been fun Twitter. I\u2019m out. See you on other platforms, peeps. Sorry, this one\u2019s just not for me. \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sara Bareilles (@SaraBareilles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaraBareilles\/status\/1586570471067320320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey all \u2013<br \/>I\u2019m out of here. No judgement. <br \/>Let\u2019s keep the faith.<br \/>Let\u2019s protect our democracy.<br \/>Let\u2019s try to be kinder.<br \/>Let\u2019s try to save the planet.<br \/>Let\u2019s try to be more generous.<br \/>Let\u2019s look to find peace in the world. <br \/>\ud83d\udc99<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Olin (@kenolin1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenolin1\/status\/1586031904007954433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One good thing about Elon buying twitter is that I will *FINALLY* leave and stop being a complete menace to society on here. So it\u2019s win win for you all really. \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2764\ufe0f Jameela Jamil \u2764\ufe0f She\/Her \u2764\ufe0f (@jameelajamil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jameelajamil\/status\/1518641966661177344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Morgan Agrees With Joe Rogan<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Morgan previously said that he agrees with the popular podcast host Joe Rogan, who said hours after Musk took over Twitter that the billionaire wants to bring a \u201creasonable exchange of ideas\u201d back to the social media platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we have a real problem with discourse on Twitter,\u201d Rogan said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/joe-rogan-musk-wants-reasonable-exchange-ideas-back-on-twitter-2022-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insider<\/a>. \u201cWhat some would like to do is silence those that have opposing viewpoints, and then you get all this positive feedback from all the people that agree with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.net\/2022\/10\/billy-baldwin-launches-full-on-twitter-blitz-against-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy Baldwin Launches Full-On Twitter Blitz Against Elon Musk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rogan went on to say that there are \u201cso many people\u201d who should be allowed back on Twitter. One of these people could potentially be Donald Trump, who was banned from Twitter after the Capitol riot in January of 2021.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Trump \u2018Very Happy\u2019 Musk Owns Twitter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>After news of Musk buying Twitter broke, Trump was quick to celebrate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands, and will no longer be run by Radical Left Lunatics and Maniacs that truly hate our country,\u201d Trump said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/10\/28\/trump-says-twitter-is-now-in-sane-hands-with-musk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a statement.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter must now work hard to rid itself of all of the bots and fake accounts that have hurt it so badly,\u201d the former president continued. \u201cIt will be much smaller, but better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk, however, has yet to reveal whether or not Trump will be allowed back on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if Trump is coming back on this platform, Twitter would be minting money!\u201d Musk tweeted earlier this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if Trump is coming back on this platform, Twitter would be minting money!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1587129795732770824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The liberal meltdown over Musk taking over Twitter won\u2019t be ending anytime soon, and we applaud Morgan for having the courage to call out liberals for having such a big problem with it. If Musk is angering liberals to this extent, he\u2019s clearly doing something right, so we hope he keeps up the good work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the six days that it\u2019s been since the billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s acquisition of Twitter became official, liberals have been losing their minds and threatening to quit the social media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1722251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1722248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1722248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1722251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1722248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1722248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1722248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}