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Ted Cruz: “Twitter was actively censoring conservative views. It was…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 03:11

And that is even, I think, more scary. Well, we've talked about that. The single most important step for free speech in our lifetimes was Elon Musk's buying Twitter. Twitter was actively censoring conservative views. It was promoting left-wing views. Elon came in, he spent nearly $50 billion to buy Twitter and it transformed it because he created a free speech oasis. It is now the public square. (03:11–03:17)

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Asserts that Twitter censored conservative views and promoted left-wing views before Elon Musk's acquisition.

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