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Ted Cruz: “Elon Musk's buying [of] Twitter created a forum where…”

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I do think now what we are seeing is the people that used to get away with this stuff. There was no accountability. Now, there does seem to be a level of accountability as a reaction to the horrific. Elon Musk's buying [of] Twitter created a forum where suddenly when people behave like this, they're exposed and there is accountability. And Ben, listen, I'll say there's a component of this, a clear component of this that is political, that is the ultimate form of censorship, which is, which is silencing those you disagree with through murder. (16:34–16:44)

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Asserts that Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter has increased accountability for certain behaviors.

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