‘Failure to launch.’ DeSantis’s glitchy campaign announcement mocked on social media.

Musk, the billionaire owner of Twitter, had dubbed the event a historic first a day prior. The DeSantis team, meanwhile, built anticipation with sleek videos and early endorsements. But by the time the first attempt at a live announcement was scrapped and a new one began, a wide swath of listeners gave up. When DeSantis made the announcement, only 150,000 people were logged on, the Washington Post reported . While intended to signal an unconventional start to his campaign, the messy rollout Wednesday on Twitter Spaces was met with ridicule...