by Brandon Morse at RedState
A lot of scrambling seemed to occur the moment Tesla CEO Elon Musk made the offer to buy up Twitter, and it’s very odd, to say the least. Outside of the leftists who began to lose their ever-loving minds over the prospect of Musk opening the door for a free exchange of ideas and open debate, big money dealers began wading into the fight to throw up roadblocks.
As RedState previously reported, Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal suddenly popped up and declared that he, a shareholder with a 5.2 percent stake in the company, would vote against Musk’s offer, prompting Musk to ask very publicly how much the Kingdom owns of Twitter both directly and indirectly, and what the Kingdom’s views on journalistic freedom and free speech are.
Unsurprisingly, he didn’t get a response.
Then, out of the blue, a company stepped in and bought up enough shares to unseat Musk as the top shareholder. According to the New York Post, a private equity giant called Thoma Bravo is working on its own offer for Twitter:…
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