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African-American tech entrepreneur Elon Musk shut down socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) after she complained about the proposed $8 per month fee for Twitter elite โblue checksโ to remain verified on the platform.
โLmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that โfree speechโ is actually a $8/mo subscription plan,โ Ocasio-Cortez seethed in a post on the platform Tuesday evening.
On Wednesday, Musk clapped back with the response, โYour feedback is appreciated, now pay $8.โ
Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022
Itโs not the first time Musk has chided the emotional, socialist congresswoman over her frequent attacks on his character.
Musk unveiled plans on Tuesday to overhaul Twitterโs verification system, making verified โblue checkโ users on the left-leaning pay $8/month to use the Twitter Blue service.
โTwitterโs current lords & peasants system for who has or doesnโt have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for $8/month,โ Musk tweeted on Tuesday.
โPrice adjusted by country proportionate to purchasing power parity,โ he added.
โYou will also get: โ Priority in replies, mentions & search, which is essential to defeat spam/scam โ Ability to post long video & audio โ Half as many ads,โ Musk wrote.
โThis will also give Twitter a revenue stream to reward content creators,โ Musk concluded.
As Valiant News previouslyย reported, Muskโs first act of owner of the Big Tech social media platform was to fire CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Sagal.
Agrawal previously served as the siteโs Chief Technical Officer, and was described as โobsessivelyโ focusing on using the platformโs resources to censor โhate speech and โmisinformation.โ