On Thursday afternoon, Twitter CEO Elon Musk blasted Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for complaining about having to pay $8 a month for premium features on the site. In response, Ocasio-Cortez delved deeper into an untested conspiracy theory.
Without providing any evidence, Ocasio-Cortez implied on Wednesday night that Musk directly tampered with interfering with her account when she claimed that her Twitter notifications stopped working after Musk responded to her criticisms.
She went on to say, “my Twitter mentions/notifications conveniently aren’t functioning tonight, so I was told through text that I appear to have gotten under the skin of a certain billionaire.” I just wanted to put it out there as a nice reminder that money can’t buy happiness.
Ocasio-Cortez provided more justification for her words in an Instagram video, stating, “I was at a community event in the Bronx in Coop city, and when I get home, I received a text from my staff saying, ‘Hey let me know if you need any assistance with this Elon issue.'”
When I heard it, all I could think was, “What?” Therefore, I deleted the Twitter app from my phone, and it disappeared. When you click the link to view your mentions and other activity, nothing happens. “As she continued, she continued. All traces of it have been eliminated. That’s weird, I thought to myself. Evidently, we have managed to annoy a certain young millionaire.
Ocasio-Cortez tweeted a screenshot of what she claims to have seen on her phone yesterday night.
……… She tweeted at Elon Musk, saying, “Yo @elonmus,” adding, “since I have your attention,” “why should people pay $8 just to have their app get bricked when they say anything you don’t like?” This is how my app looks now that you’re pissed off at me because of what I tweeted the day before. So, this is the deal, eh? Don’t think it’s a great example of free expression.
There are a lot of individuals who, like Ocasio-Cortez, periodically encounter the screen that she shared when using the Twitter app. This occurs when passing through areas with poor or nonexistent network access. There is zero evidence to suggest an adverse event took place.
People of all political stripes have voiced their disapproval of Musk’s proposal to charge users $8 per month for a variety of features, but AOC was the first to do so this week.
The freshman congresswoman kicked off the week with a tweet stating, “Lmao at a billionaire honestly attempting to sell folks on the premise that ‘free expression’ is actually an $8/mo membership plan.”
This was Musk’s response: “Your opinion is appreciated; now pay $8.”
Musk quickly responded with an image of a $58 sweatshirt for sale on Ocasio-website. Cortez’s