Return of Twitter Extremists Is Headache for Republicans

David Weigel: “The age of de-platforming might be over, making way for Musk’s version of free speech. But it also comes at a moment when the Republican Party is more worried about the political consequences of its ties to extremism than almost any time since 2016. Donald Trump’s dinner with three men banned or suspended from Twitter under the old rules — rapper Ye, white supremacist podcaster Nick Fuentes, and Milo Yiannopoulos — reminds people of what Musk’s predecessors kept a lid on.”

Said strategist Melissa Ryan: “It’s going to suck for Republicans. Some of these guys are going to go hog wild as soon as they can.”