Posted on 10/05/2022 7:43:38 PM PDT by bitt
Rep. Kevin McCarthy reacts to Just the News report, said DHS collaboration with private censors during 2020 election involves "fundamental violations of the First Amendment."
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a relentless critic of creeping censorship and cancel culture in America, is vowing an aggressive investigation into federal agencies' collusion with private entities to silence Americans' opinions on Big Tech platforms if Republicans capture control of Congress.
McCarthy's comments Wednesday came after Just the News reported how the departments of State and Homeland Security essentially outsourced censorship activities to a private consortium that facilitated federal officials' requests to censor content on social media platforms during the 2020 election
The sprawling effort impacted over 4,800 web URLs, 20 news organizations, two dozen conservative influencers such as Sean Hannity, Charlie Kirk and Mark Levin and nearly 22 million social media posts, according to the consortium's own internal after-action reports.
McCarthy said the operation, a precursor to the now-dismantled Disinformation Governance Board, was troubling and violated the Constitution.
"I have long been critical of the attempts by Big Tech to censor voices the federal government tells them to," the California Republican told Just the News. "Whether directly through their proposed so-called 'Disinformation Governance Board' or indirectly by using private groups to do the government's bidding, these are fundamental violations of the First Amendment — the foundation of our free society.
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Finally — Thank God!!!
Oh goody. Another investigation run by Republicans.
Maybe they can put Durham on this one, too.
L
OooOohoo…they’re scared.
Not.
ol softy is going to beat them with a noodle
no he wont
Sarcasm?
McCarthy was given a directive by the DNC to put out a tough sounding statement, just to calm down any Republicans who were getting restless. That’ll call them down for a while.
Yeah, sure.
Yeah, right. He’s putting on his tuff guy hat because he’s vying for the Speaker’s position. He’s not worthy to become Speaker because he’s an establishment Republican aka RINO liar..
BS!
Will it be a Blue Ribbon Panel? [SAR]
Yep. Anyone with a functioning brain identified this years ago.
This a-hole is in on the whole thing.
of course — lol
BOHICA
Follow the money. Look for any fed subsidies paid out or favors done.
Didn’t we hear that line before
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