The left likes their billionaire owners, but not Musk

 Fox Business:

Liberals with verified Twitter accounts flooded the social media platform to take issue with the idea of billionaires purchasing social media companies, prompting their conservative critics to point out that many Democrats have been silent about similar billionaire purchases in the past.

"Elon Musk buying twitter is bad," former Democratic congressional candidate Nina Turner tweeted this week. "Billionaires owning media outlets is bad. Billionaires buying politicians is bad. We wonder why ‘the rich get richer while the poor get poorer’ remains true?"

"When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy," former Clinton administration labor secretary Robert Reich posted on Thursday.

Conservatives on social media responded to the tweets by pointing out that Democrats have supported the Washington Post being owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos and have been less critical about the wealth of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

"Translation: Leftists liked the old billionaire more than the new billionaire, because the former billionaire silenced everyone who disagreed with Leftists," Republican Sen. Ted Cruz tweeted in response to Reich.
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"Stop attacking Bezos Zuckerberg and Dorsey you know your guys," CPAC Chair Matt Schlapp tweeted.
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What has the libs really upset is the thought that they will not be able to censor conservative opinions and news on Twitter anymore.  What they really hate is free speech they disagree with.

See, also:

Conservatives flood Twitter with memes after Musk Twitter takeover: 'Get your own platform'

Musk finalized the $44 billion acquisition on Thursday

This is a tongue in cheek response to liberals who used to say that when Twitter was censoring conservatives. 

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