Also on the right a bunch of governors / AG's were rumored to be planning to go after twitter to try and destroy it if they didn't accept Musks bid. If Elon had

Also on the right a bunch of governors / AG's were rumored to be planning to go after twitter to try and destroy it if they didn't accept Musks bid. If Elon had bailed and started a competing service (with some of his 40B) it's likely the stock would have dropped sharply. That would have left the board in a very ugly spot, and politically in places like florida doubly so (destroying pension values / turning down a good offer for nothing etc etc)