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During their second episode following their spring break, the cackling coven of ABC’s The View decided to spout off about billionaire Elon Musk acquiring Twitter and his promise to promote free speech. But according to infinite wisdom co-host Sunny Hostin, Musk was only interested in protecting the free speech rights of “straight white men” and that he was going to “unleash the trolls” in an effort to abuse women on the platform.
“So, the richest person in the world, Elon Musk is also a notorious Twitter troll, but he won't have to worry about being banned anymore since he just made a deal to buy the company for $44 billion,” chided co-host Joy Behar as she introduced the discussion topic.
After playing a soundbite of Musk talking about Twitter as the “de facto town square,” Behar scoffed as she couldn’t figure out why conservatives would be excited about free speech and suggested the left liked it too.
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