Monica Lewinsky Mocked for Twitter Poll: 'Shouldn't Be Lecturing Us'

Monica Lewinsky took to Twitter on Friday asking people how the social media platform should make "important decisions," prompting Christina Pushaw, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' Rapid Response Director, to mock her by saying she "shouldn't be lecturing us about how to make good decisions."

Lewinsky's poll gave Twitter users two options to vote for. The options were either employees of Twitter or the public should determine important decisions on the social media platform. As of late Saturday afternoon, the poll had over 140,000 votes with nearly 11 percent choosing employees of Twitter and over 89 percent choosing public poll on the site.

Lewinsky was a White House intern under then-President Bill Clinton's administration and is known for her affair with him. According to Lewinsky's testimony, her affair with Clinton lasted from 1995 until 1997.

Clinton denied the affair under oath, but later admitted to the extramarital relationship, leading to his impeachment. The controversy dominated the news media in 1998 and the fallout from her relationship with Clinton ultimately left her with PTSD, according to her.

Meanwhile, Lewinsky took to Twitter in January 2018 to mark the two decades after the scandal, tweeting: "For 20 years, i've marked 16 jan as the day i survived another year from 1998. on this 20th (!!!) anniversary, thinkin' maybe we could try a survivor's chain."

Months later, she then wrote that her relationship with the former president "was not sexual assault," but "constituted a gross abuse of power" by Clinton.

Lewinsky's tweet on Friday highlights Elon Musk's decision to allow former President Donald Trump back onto Twitter after his account was banned following last year's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol when a group of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Social media platforms like Twitter suggested Trump incited the riot that resulted in several deaths.

Before announcing this move, Musk, who bought Twitter last month for approximately $44 billion, asked users if they think the former president should be reinstated.

The poll received over 15 million votes, with 51.8 percent voting to reinstate Trump and 48.2 percent voting not to allow the former president back on. After the poll closed, Musk said, "The people have spoken, Trump will be reinstated."

Trump has not tweeted since his account was reinstated, having exclusively kept his social media posts to his Truth Social platform.

Musk said that it was a grave mistake to have previously removed Trump from the platform. Musk tweeted on Friday, "I'm fine with Trump not tweeting. The important thing is that Twitter correct a grave mistake in banning his account, despite no violation of the law or terms of service. Deplatforming a sitting President undermined public trust in Twitter for half of America."

Newsweek has reached out to Lewinsky for comment.