Within Hour, Millions Answer Elon Musk’s Twitter Poll on Reinstating Trump

Within Hour, Millions Answer Elon Musk’s Twitter Poll on Reinstating Trump

More than 2 million Twitter users on Friday responded within the first hour to CEO Elon Musk's poll asking if he should reinstate former President Donald Trump's account.

As of 9:25 p.m., with 22 hours left to respond, 57.9 percent had answered "Yes" to the prompt.

Trump has been suspended from Twitter since January 8, 2021, two days after his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol. The company released a statement explaining its reason for banning the former president after two particularly "inflammatory tweets," writing that the messages could be "mobilized by different audiences, including to incite violence."