in miami where governor desantis will meet today with donors backing his newly launched presidential candidacy. he is also looking to recover with disappointed campaign rollout on twitter marred by delays and glitches. the governor s team saying more than half a million people logged on to the chat. but twitter s infrastructure couldn t handle the overwhelming response. desantis appeared on fox news a short time after. we had a huge audience. it was the biggest they had ever had. it did break the twitter space. so we re really excited with the enthusiasm. and donald trump trolled desantis on his truth social platform saying the desanctous twitter launch was a disaster. and even joe biden piled on with a fundraising tweet saying this link works. and desantis did strike a
seems like we broke the internet with so much excitement. while you are waiting, joining now. republican front runner meantime donald trump troll desantis on his truth social platform, asking followers, is the desantis launch fatal? yes. meantime, president joe biden piled on with a fund raising tweet for his reelection campaign saying that this link works. we get more now on the desantis launch from cnn s jessica dean. do you go with the crowd? or do you look at the data yourself and cut against the grain. i chose to do the latter. florida governor ron desantis s attempt to declare his candidacy for president in a unique way. with twitter owner elon musk on twitter spaces an audio only platform, plagued by technical issues at the start. i think we ve got just a massive number of people online. so the servers are straining some. what server issues caused the rollout to be played with
moderator blamed heavy traffic. the florida governor s campaign they tried to play it off as breaking the internet with so much excitement. but political opponents are already pouncing. trump he posted this on social media. wow, the desantis twitter launches a disaster. his whole campaign will be a disaster. watch. and biden s campaign trolled him on twitter, tweeting a link to the campaigns fundraising page with this message this link works. the live launch did finally happen outfitter after about half an hour and he was desantis s take away and fox news a little bit later. we had a huge audience. it did. he did break the twitter space. and so, we are really excited with the enthusiasm. desantis has risen as a republican party figure with his culture wars, his ongoing battles with disney, and by taking on the biden
lindsey reiser in for ana cabrera. this morning new pressure on ron desantis after a stumble at the starting line. the florida governor looking to reframe the narrative today after his 2024 rollout on twitter was marred by tech issues. the desantis team spinning it as a victory. we had a huge audience. it did it was the biggest they d ever had. it did break the twitter space, and so we re really excited with the enthusiasm. his critics had a different take, trump jr. calling it a de-saster. president biden sending out a fund-raising tweet with the caption, this link works. the question today, how does desantis rebound? plus, a warning of financial armageddon, a top agency putting the u.s. credit rating on watch for a possible downgrade with debt ceiling talks coming down to the wire. how an actual downgrade could impact everything from home
the oath of office as the 47th president of the united states. no excuses, i will get the job done. desantis political rivals were quick to criticize. president joe biden posted a fund-raising tweet for his re-election campaign saying, this link works. desantis appeared on fox a short time later, listen. we had a huge audience. it was the biggest they d ever had. it did break the twitter space. and so we re really excited with the enthusiasm. more now from cnn s jessica dean. do you go with the crowd? or do you look at the data yourself and cut against the grain? and i chose to do the latter. reporter: florida governor ron desantis attempt to declare his candidacy for president in a unique way with twitter owner elon musk on twitter spaces, an audio-only platform, plagued by technical issues at the start. it keeps crashing, huh? i think we ve got just a