Republican Rep. Nancy Mace at a press conference on Capitol Hill on May 10, 2023.
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace at a press conference on Capitol Hill on May 10, 2023.
  • Republicans are still sticking with Twitter, despite the platform's challenges and the "X" rebrand.
  • "A lot of these changes take time to really materialize," said Sen. JD Vance.
  • "Why would you cut off your nose to spite your face?" said Rep. Nancy Mace.

The response to Elon Musk's reshaping of Twitter — which he recently re-named "X" — has, perhaps predictably, broken down along familiar partisan lines.