BREAKING: ElonMusk reinstated realDonaldTrump's banned Twitter account
Musk based his decision about allowing the 45th president back onto the social media platform on a 24-hour poll he tweeted Friday night, asking users to vote on whether Trump's account should be reinstated. Users voted 51.8% to 48.2% in favor of allowing Trump back on the platform, with more than 15 million votes being cast, and Musk announced he would honor the results of the poll shortly after the 24-hour window closed."The people have spoken," Musk wrote in a tweet Saturday.
Trump had been permanently booted off the platform during the fallout from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and had been similarly suspended from Facebook as well. Detractors were quick to highlight the potential pitfalls of uncaging Trump's Twitter account, while supporters were giddy or disgruntled with Musk being indecisive on the matter. Others felt that Trump's ban from the social media platform was"inconsistent" with how the website treats other political officials' accounts.
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