Elon Musk ‘wants free speech to reign on the internet’: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton believes Elon Musk appears to want "free speech to reign on the Internet" and would welcome him should the Tesla CEO move forward with purchasing Twitter.

Musk has been locked in an ongoing legal battle with Twitter after backing out of a deal to purchase the social media platform.The judge overseeing the case paused proceedings Thursday after Musk proposed to move forward with the original agreement to purchase Twitter for $44 billion. "He appears to be a guy that wants free speech to reign on the Internet," Paxton told Fox News. "I welcome somebody getting into the marketplace that will just allow people to speak freely and not try to limit them based on what their political positions are or their religious positions." "Those are sacred rights and sacred ideas that our founders built this country on," Paxton added.

Elon Musk has been locked in a legal battle with Twitter after flip-flopping on a deal to purchase the social media giant. (Getty Images) The attorney general has been fighting his own legal battles against social media giants.

A federal appeals court on Sept. 16 ruled in Paxton's favor and lifted a block on a Texas law that prohibits social media companies from banning users' posts based on their political leanings.