Posted on 12/01/2022 12:40:47 PM PST by Rummyfan
Instead of speaking out against Apple, Republicans have been disturbingly silent, which means they still have no idea what time it is.
Apple’s threat to remove Twitter from its App store for the crime of being a slightly more open forum for free speech under Elon Musk has been met with a chorus of outrage and substantive threats of congressional action by Republican leaders.
Just kidding. Republicans have barely said anything about it, and establishment Republicans have said nothing at all. With the exception of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who offered his opinion on a matter outside his purview as a governor, Apple’s threat to crush Twitter has been met more or less with silence, even from members of the GOP who consider themselves conservative. (Sen. Mike Lee, to his credit, tossed out a tweet saying Apple’s threat makes the case for the Open Apps Markets Act. But he’s the exception to the rule.) And though Apple leaders apparently smoothed over the “misunderstanding” with Musk on Wednesday afternoon, we have all seen this pattern: Big Tech’s anti-speech aggression always turns out to be a “mistake” or “misunderstanding” as soon as enough people notice.
This is why I’ve argued that actual conservatives, those who want to save the country and restore republic self-government, should stop calling themselves conservatives. At this point, the label amounts to an admission of failure and defeat, and might as well be the official title of those who desire above all to be the controlled opposition for a permanent leftist regime.
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There are no unicorns.
McCarthy is more worried about getting a corner speakers office than actual achieving any conservative policy priorities.
Polka-dot Zebra more likely.
Instead Biden is pressuring advertisers to stay away from Twitter
McCarthy = Speaker of the Louse.
Bwahahahahaha...!
republicans are progressives
democrats are premodern pagans.
Your asking the linguini spined McCarthy to fight the democrats he is one in disguise for crying out loud, the democrats are steam rolling him already
Apple never considered removing Twitter from its app store.
Responding to your Freep:
Yes...
Yes...
Yes!!!
The Mc’s who run the RNC have no backbone; McConnell, McCarthy and McDaniel.
Apple has already agreed to keep the Twitter app... and as far as interfering in a private company? If we wanted to do that we should take on one of the hundreds of liberal tech companies/
That is the funniest headline ever. “GOP with backbone.”
The GOP is now Dem-lite.
That is the funniest headline ever. “GOP with backbone.”
The GOP is now Dem-lite.
The GOP is dead.
If your aunt had balls, she'd be your uncle.
I was going to say, you lost me at “GOP with a backbone.”
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