Tucker Carlson Reacts To Twitter Sale With Triumphal “We’re Back” Tweet; Others Less Enthusiastic: “Nothing Better To Do With 44 Billion Dollars?”

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Fox News personality Tucker Carlson celebrated Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter today with a two word tweet.“We’re back,” wrote the Tucker Carlson Tonight host, a likely reference to the platform’s ban on some conservatives — like former President Donald Trump — who used to to spread misinformation.https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1518726555253547013Weeks ago, as rumors began to swirl about Musk’s interest in the social media platform, Carlson was enthusiastic.“A free Twitter would mean a direct challenge to the people in charge of our country’s institutions many of whom are incompetent,” he said on his Fox News show. “For the first time in years we’ll be able to talk honestly about our leaders.

We’ll be able to have the kind of conversations that make democracy possible.” Carlson, of course, made that statement as the highest-rated cable news network host, a testament to both the popularity of his message and his freedom to deliver it across the nation.One person who may not be “back” is Donald Trump.

The former president, who has a stake in his own social network Truth Social, told Fox News on Monday that he’s not looking backwards.“The bottom line is, no, I am not going back to Twitter,” said Trump.Instead, the former president said that he would be going on his own social media platform, which launched earlier this year to a number of glitches.

Since then, he has posted only once on it.Trump said, “We’re taking in millions of people, and what we’re finding is that the response on Truth is much better than being on Twitter.