KEY POINTS
  • Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said it would be difficult for Twitter to keep former President Donald Trump off the platform if he becomes a major candidate in 2024.
  • Khanna said that would be the case regardless of whether Elon Musk owns the company.
  • Trump has said he has no plans to return.

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US Representative Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, speaks during a press conference following a vote in the US House on ending US military involvement in the war in Yemen, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 4, 2019.
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Though Elon Musk's deal to purchase Twitter has renewed questions of whether former President Donald Trump would be reinstated on the platform, one Democratic lawmaker said Tuesday the company will likely have to do so if he runs for another term, regardless of its new ownership.

"If he's the Republican nominee or if he's a major candidate, I think regardless of whether it's Elon Musk, I think probably anyone at Twitter would find a hard time saying that that person should be denied access to the platform," Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., told Andrew Ross Sorkin on CNBC's "Squawk Box."

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