Ron DeSantis’ Campaign Announcement on Twitter Crashed Immediately

On Tuesday, news broke that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would be officially announcing his presidential candidacy in a “Twitter Spaces” conversation with Elon Musk. Observers at Slate and elsewhere debated whether this was a good idea; implicit in the discussion, though, was the premise that the announcement would actually take place. For several minutes Wednesday night, that premise was called into question. The event was scheduled for 6 p.m. ET; around 6:10 p.m., Silicon Valley figure and co-host David Sacks spoke briefly before the feed cut out. After several more...