12/13/2023 0 Comments The tyranny of big techBut I wasn’t going to allow that, then, to throw me off track and to change what I told my voters I would do. So all of those people who engaged in that ought to go to prison, they ought to do the time. …I wasn’t going to allow the criminal riot, which was unbelievable and wrong and a violation of the law, and as a former prosecutor, I’ve got zero sympathy for anybody who breaks the law, assaults cops. What happens is it triggers a debate, and I thought we needed to have a debate about election integrity and maybe more importantly, my voters thought we needed to have a debate about election integrity, and my job is to represent them and their views. The Democrats have done it in the last three presidential elections when a Republican was elected, and they’ve actually objected to eleven different states. And by the way, it’s been done many times before. And this is something that our law explicitly permits and provides for. I filed an objection to the State of Pennsylvania during the Electoral Certification process. What I did was object to the State of Pennsylvania. Hawley: No, I don’t regret what I did, Megyn. Kelly: Sitting here now, in May, do you have any regrets? Hawley recently appeared on The Megyn Kelly Show in which they discussed Hawley’s decision to object to the certification and the events of January 6: The next day, Simon & Schuster canceled their book agreement with Hawley, alleging that he had a leading role in the riotous events of January 6:Īs a publisher it will always be our mission to amplify a variety of voices and viewpoints: at the same time we take seriously our larger public responsibility as citizens, and cannot support Senator Hawley after his role in what became a dangerous threat to our democracy and freedom. The Kansas City Star even wrote that Hawley “has blood on his hands” because of his objection to the certification process and the fist pump captured on camera. While much blame was laid at the feet of former President Donald Trump for the actions of some of his supporters, fingers also pointed to Hawley. That afternoon, an unlawful group of protesters interrupted the Congressional certification proceedings when they broke into the Capitol building in what is now called by the mainstream media an act of insurrection. On his way in, he gave a fist pump to peaceful protesters gathered behind the barricades, hours before protesting activity turned into any illegal behavior. On the morning of January 6, Hawley entered the Capitol building to participate in the certification proceedings. “For these reasons, I will follow the same practice Democrat members of Congress have in years past and object during the certification process on January 6 to raise these critical issues.” Canceled He also cited Big Tech’s interference in elections, and Congress’s failure to investigate voter fraud allegations. “I cannot vote to certify the electoral college results on January 6 without raising the fact that some states, particularly Pennsylvania, failed to follow their own state election laws,” said Hawley on December 30. November brought the chaotic 2020 presidential election, and in late December, Hawley became the first Senator to announce that he would object to the Electoral College certification process on January 6. He was specifically targeting the collection of private information, and how the companies were using that data. He has introduced legislation to protect children from internet surveillance, to ban social media’s addictive features, and to eliminate automatic immunity provided social media companies via Section 230.Īs Missouri’s Attorney General prior to his election to Congress, Hawley launched investigations into both Facebook and Google in 2018 for violations of antitrust and consumer protection laws. Since entering Congress in 2019, Hawley has made himself known as a critic of and opponent to Big Tech power. In October 2020, Simon & Schuster (America’s third-largest trade publisher) announced that they would be publishing a book on the threats posed by Big Tech, written by the country’s then-youngest Senator, Josh Hawley. It’s an ominous yet hopeful book, scathing of the monopolistic power of the biggest technology companies in America while also acting as a clarion call to the ordinary American man and woman to take a stand against monopolies and corruption.īut Hawley’s message had to go through its own drama before finding its way into the hands of readers. “Big Tech represents today’s robber barons,” Hawley writes in the first chapter, “who are draining prosperity and power away from the great middle of our society and creating, as they do, a new oligarchy.” In its first week, it became the number one bestseller in three separate categories on Amazon lists, and it made the Publisher’s Weekly list of hardcover nonfiction at No.
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