>> Women weren't equal before Roe v Wade.
It was just the beginning, and now it's gone.
I'm running for lieutenant governor because the Republican plan isn't this
year's twelve-week abortion ban, it's next year's total abortion ban.
We're talking about 50 years of precedent, not just legal precedent,
but how three generations of women have lived their lives.
>> There is a bit of an ad from State Senator Rachel Hunt,
a Democrat running for Lieutenant Governor who
had wanted to make this issue kind of like a centerpiece of her campaign.
Now, you can find that full video if you would like on Twitter.
What you won't do is find it being like pushed to you via advertising.
And they explained to HuffPost that their campaign had set up a budget with Twitter
to advertise certain videos, but then they noticed the money hadn't been spent and
the ad hadn't been boosted.
When they reached out to Twitter to inquire about the hold-up,
an employee said that the video was blocked from promotion because
of the mention of abortion advocacy.
Saying specifically, yes, the mention of abortion advocacy is the issue here,
which is just the best way to word that, I think.
Anyway, the employee went on to seem to imply that there might be some sort of
change coming to their regulations for advertisement,
which currently don't allow you to advertise political content.
But as of right now, the fact that she wanted to make this a bigger part of her
thing, have it pushed out, seems like it would be consistent with Elon Musk's
radical commitment to the First Amendment or whatever it is that he says.
This is consistent with their regulations but guys,
I'm curious what you think about it.
>> [LAUGH] I am shocked that Elon Musk has not kept his promise to allow for
the full freedom of expression and freedom of speech.
I can't even comprehend what is happening.
Does he know this?
Have they tried tagging him in a tweet like those little snitch taggers do all
the time on Twitter?
>> Concerning.
>> Seriously and honestly, from a business standpoint, really,
they're cutting themselves off from a huge source of revenue by not
letting these politicians or the advocacy groups go out there and
advertise and get the message out there to people.
I mean, from a monetary policy it makes zero sense, but
especially from a point of view of people need this information,
it's very damaging to the public itself.
>> Is he literally trying to crash Twitter?
Is he own tribal as well?
Do we not know that [LAUGH] he has stuck in tribal?
I can't even understand this.
This is absolutely bananas to me.
The fact that we're now taking social media, which has so many eyes,
which has done so much in the past two presidential elections,
we're now taking it and restricting how we get our politics when we do studies,
blackmail, voter project and a major source.
More black men get their new source from social media than they do TV.
And I think the idea what Farron just said is absolutely true.
You are absolutely kneecapping yourself when you're blocking political ads, and
it's not really political ads because you don't care what Trump says,
and we know your algorithm is pushing it.
You just care about certain issues that you don't agree with, and
it's censorship ideal on the Republican side and also, Elon Musk is false.
It's just you can't say anything I don't agree with, and
I'm going to block you because I can.
>> I'm sorry, I had to jump in, but
I've got to build off that because it was such a good point.
If he allows these political ads or advocacy crews to go out there and pay for
their messages, that does screw up his little algorithm that of course,
is pushing all this right-wing material.
So I don't think we'll see a policy change because there are liberal groups,
progressive groups, that do have money, and
he doesn't want them interfering with his pushing all these right-wingers on you.
So I don't think we'll see a change.
>> Well, one thing that might limit them isn't necessarily their money, but
that according to the regulations I believe you do have
to be a subscriber to Twitter Blue to advertise.
And I think if I had a pack, that's a line I'm not crossing.
That's all I'll say [LAUGH].
By the way, I will say what I have said since long before he took over Twitter,
none of this actually has basically anything to do with freedom of speech.
It's a private platform, they can have whatever regulations they want.
That's true under Elon Musk, if he wants to have no political content,
he can do that, if he wants to only allow paid advertisement for
right-wing political content, he can do that.
But then in turn, I can use my free speech to point out whether his standards
are ridiculous or stupid or as Farron points out, self-destructive or
inconsistent with your personal brand and the brand that you want for the company.
We can point out all that.
It's all legal, doesn't really have to do with the First Amendment, but we can point
out if it's just the latest inconsistent, hypocritical move from this guy.
That list is getting long.