Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez complained Wednesday night that her Twitter account stopped working properly shortly after she traded online blows with the site’s new owner, Elon Musk, according to the NY Post.
The self-proclaimed, far-left radical socialist told her followers that she thought that Musk was somehow responsible for the technical glitch, which allegedly affected her ability to receive Twitter notifications.
“Also my Twitter mentions/notifications conveniently aren’t working tonight, so I was informed via text that I seem to have gotten under a certain billionaire’s skin,” Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tweeted. “Just a reminder that money will never by [buy] your way out of insecurity, folks.”
AOC had reason to believe that Musk deliberately sabotaged the congresswoman’s Twitter account because of earlier comments she made regarding Twitter’s new monthly “blue check” subscription plan.
“Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that ‘free speech’ is actually a $8/mo subscription plan,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Tuesday night.
“Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8,” Musk replied on Wednesday.
Musk hit back at AOC by sharing a screenshot from the lawmaker’s online store, where a “periwinkle supporter crew sweatshirt” with her name sold for $58. Musk circled the price and posted a thinking-face emoji.
Ocasio-Cortez fired back by calling Musk a “union buster.”
“My workers are union, have full healthcare + benefits like childcare help, and everyone is paid a living wage. Proceeds go to community acts like tutoring underserved kids,” she tweeted. “You’re a union buster with an ego problem who pockets the change from underpaying and mistreating people.”
Musk did say that Twitter users will receive an array of benefits in exchange for the $8 ‘blue check’ fee, including fewer ads and the ability to post longer audio and video tweets. The average user is allowed to post videos up to 2 minutes in length. He also believes that his plan would help crack down on spam accounts which have been a critical issue for the big tech platform prior to Musk buying the company.
