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Why did these 5 Republicans vote to allow government-Big Tech censorship collusion?
Senator Rand Paul introduced an amendment that would block the feds from colluding with social media platforms to censor Americans—but some of his Republican committee colleagues voted against it.
It’s hard to think of a valid reason to oppose such an initiative, but you won’t believe the vote count.
The amendment failed by a 2-13 margin in the committee with both Republicans and Democrats voting against it. That’s right: 5 Republicans—Sens. Ron Johnson, Josh Hawley, Mitt Romney, Rick Scott, and James Lankford—voted against prohibiting government-Big Tech censorship collusion.
Only one other Republican, Roger Marshall, voted with Senator Paul in favor of the amendment.
"An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government" - Ron Paul.
"To learn who rules over you simply find out who you arent allowed to criticize."
"An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government" - Ron Paul.
"To learn who rules over you simply find out who you arent allowed to criticize."
Rand Forces Vote on Government Censorship
Dr. Rand Paul Forces Vote on Government Censorship
Democrats and Republicans oppose efforts to protect free speech with a final vote of 2-13
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) forced a vote during a committee business meeting regarding his amendment to protect free speech and prevent further government censorship on social media and other online outlets.
“Recent unsettling disclosures, including those within the Twitter files, illustrate how the federal government has leveraged taxpayer-funded resources to collude with social media companies and censor disfavored speech on topics from COVID-19 to U.S. elections…The freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment is one of the bedrock principles of our founding, and Congress must defend this right against government censorship,” said Dr. Paul. “It is against this backdrop that I call up my amendment which would prohibit federal employees from using their official position to censor speech on social media and other outlets.”
Dr. Paul’s amendment was offered to S. 61, the Combating Cartels on Social Media Act.
At the same time as protecting the First Amendment freedoms of American citizens, Dr. Paul’s amendment would have also preserved the First Amendment rights of the platforms. Instead, it would have prohibited government agencies from requesting, suggesting, or directing platforms to remove protected speech.
You can read Dr. Paul’s amendment HERE and find his full remarks on this amendment HERE.
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The Republicans as a party (and those 5 Republicans in particular) do not oppose government censorship (or collusion to censor).
They just oppose Democrat-controlled government censorship (or collusion to censor).
IOW: Republicans are fine with it, as long as they're the ones in charge of it.
The Bastiat Collection · FREE PDF · FREE EPUB · PAPER Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850)
- "When law and morality are in contradiction to each other, the citizen finds himself in the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense, or of losing his respect for the law."
-- The Law (p. 54)- "Government is that great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."
-- Government (p. 99)- "[W]ar is always begun in the interest of the few, and at the expense of the many."
-- Economic Sophisms - Second Series (p. 312)- "There are two principles that can never be reconciled - Liberty and Constraint."
-- Harmonies of Political Economy - Book One (p. 447)· tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito ·
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