{"id":1943904,"date":"2023-06-04T14:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T18:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-primary-challenger-banned-from-social-media-platform-then-things-take-a-turn-when-elon-musk-gets-involved\/"},"modified":"2023-06-04T14:51:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T18:51:16","slug":"bidens-primary-challenger-banned-from-social-media-platform-then-things-take-a-turn-when-elon-musk-gets-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-primary-challenger-banned-from-social-media-platform-then-things-take-a-turn-when-elon-musk-gets-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s rival barred from social media, Elon Musk intervenes."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fbidens-primary-challenger-banned-from-social-media-platform-then-things-take-a-turn-when-elon-musk-gets-involved%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=1943904&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--><h2>Elon Musk Offers Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a Platform After Social Media Ban<\/h2>\n<p>Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently took to Twitter to express his frustration over being banned from sharing his message on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a>. In response, Elon Musk offered him a platform he couldn&#8217;t refuse.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Would you like to do a Spaces discussion with me next week?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1664624430637621248?\">June 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Musk&#8217;s offer was for a Twitter Spaces conversation, which Kennedy later confirmed would take place on Monday at 2 p.m. Kennedy and self-help guru Marianne Williamson have both declared their intention to challenge President Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Musk assured users that the Twitter Spaces event would be ready for Kennedy&#8217;s interview, despite glitches that marred the event during which Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his candidacy for the White House.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">System is being upgraded &#038; stress-tested in advance of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr?\">@RobertKennedyJr<\/a> interview on Monday!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1664798923293184007?\">June 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kennedy&#8217;s Instagram account was suspended in February for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-mike-tyson-wear-a-trust-in-god-not-in-vaccines-shirt\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Mike Tyson Wear A \u2018Trust In God, Not In Vaccines\u2019 Shirt?\">repeatedly sharing debunked claims<\/a> about the coronavirus or vaccines. Kennedy later noted the importance of the event, stating that &#8220;Twitter allows my campaign and me to have a voice. Thank you @elonmusk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">To silence a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-ryan-wont-say-whether-he-thinks-illegal-immigrants-should-be-able-to-vote-in-ohio\/\" title=\"Tim Ryan Won\u2019t Say Whether He Thinks Illegal Immigrants Should Be Able To Vote in Ohio\">major political candidate<\/a> is profoundly undemocratic. Social media is the modern equivalent of the town square. How can democracy function if only some candidates have access to it?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1664437928091582464?\">June 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kjp-refuses-to-explain-bidens-comment-about-semi-fascist-republicans\/\" title=\"KJP Refuses to Explain Biden's Comment About \"Semi-Fascist\" Republicans\">recent campaign appearance<\/a> in New Hampshire, Kennedy spoke about the need for change in America and the importance of making the election a template for democracy. He also expressed concern over the government&#8217;s participation in censorship of political dissent.<\/p>\n<p>With Musk&#8217;s offer, Kennedy now has a platform to share his message and engage with voters. As Kennedy noted, &#8220;To silence a major political candidate is profoundly undemocratic. Social media is the modern equivalent of the town square. How can democracy function if only some candidates have access to it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-primary-challenger-banned-social-media-platform-things-take-turn-elon-musk-gets-involved\/\">The Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. tweeted about a social media platform not allowing him to share his message. Elon Musk offered him help. Kennedy also mentioned that using their TeamKennedy email address to set up Instagram accounts results in an automatic 180-day ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1943905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[548],"tags":[9500,3706,4249,8767,4188,4250,8671,5127],"class_list":["post-1943904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-barred","tag-bidens","tag-elon","tag-intervenes","tag-media","tag-musk","tag-rival","tag-social"],"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\/1943904","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1943904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1943905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1943904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1943904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1943904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}