WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he hoped Twitter did not become a “darker” place under the ownership of Elon Musk.
“In many ways Twitter has been a dark, dark place. I hope it doesn’t get any darker,” Schumer told reporters when asked about Musk’s purchase of the social media company.
Schumer’s Republican counterpart, Senator Mitch McConnell, called the Musk takeover an “incredible event.” He added: “It will be interesting to see what impact it has on the way Twitter operates. But we’re all watching it with a great deal of interest because there certainly have been our share of complaints about the way it has been run in the past.”
On Monday, Musk nailed down a deal to buy Twitter Inc for $44 billion.
(Reporting by Richard Cowan and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Chris Reese, Bernard Orr)
