WITH ELON MUSK YESTERDAY TO
ASSURE HIM THAT REMOVING TWITTER
ON THE APP STORE WAS NOT ON THE
TABLE.
JACKIE.
JACKIE: WITH MORE ON THIS AND
HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP STORY,
OVERSIGHT REFORM COMMITTEE
RANKING MEMBER CONGRESSMAN JAMES
COMER.
CONGRESSMAN, BEFORE WE GET TO
THE HUNTER BIDEN PART OF THIS,
IF WE COULD BACK UP TO THE SOUND
BITE OF ELIZABETH WARREN.
WHEN JACK DORSEY WAS GOING INTO
THE DARK ROOM AND HE WAS
ARBITRARILY SAYING WHAT, WHO
SHOULD BE SUSPENDED IT WAS
COMPLETELY FINE.
NOW THAT IT IS ELON MUSKESQUE
EVERYBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH IT.
YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> HOW THE TABLES HAVE TURNED
FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
TWITTER, TO A CERTAIN DEGREE,
FACEBOOK, THEY WERE WHOLLY OWNED
SUBSIDIARIES FOR DEMOCRAT
CAMPAIGNS THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
WE HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP AT
TWITTER.
ZUCKERBERG IS TRYING TO COME
CLEAN AT FACEBOOK.
WE’LL GET ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
MANY CONSERVATIVES HAVE A LONG
TIME HOW INVOLVED THE GOVERNMENT
WAS IN CENSURING CONSERVATIVE
MATERIAL ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA
SITES.
I THINK FROM THIS DAY FORWARD
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A BETTER
ENVIRONMENT ON TWITTER AND
FACEBOOK THAT RESPECTS FREE
SPEECH.
JACKIE: I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT AND
I THINK WHAT IS BEING MISSED
HERE OR NOT EXPLAINED PROPERLY,
I’M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS, BUT
WHAT PEOPLE ARE MISSING IS THE
FACT THAT ELON MUSK ISN’T
CENSORING ANYBODY.
HE IS ALLOWING BOTH SIDES TO
STEP UP AND SPEAK THEIR MINDS.
>> RIGHT.
JACKIE: WHEREAS WHEN TWITTER WAS
NOT UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP ONLY
ONE SIDE WAS ALLOWED TO GIVE
THEIR POINT OF VIEW.
LET’S MOVE ON TO THE
HUNTER BIDEN PIECE OF THIS
BECAUSE THE FORMER EXECUTIVE
FROM TWITTER, WE’VE GOT THE
SOUND BITE WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT
WHAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED AND
HOW HE FEELS ABOUT IT.
LET’S LISTEN TO THAT.
>> WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO
BELIEVE.
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT WAS TRUE.
THERE WAS SMOKE AND, ULTIMATELY
FOR ME IT DIDN’T REACH A PLACE
WHERE I WAS COMFORTABLE REMOVING
THIS CONTENT FROM TWITTER.
>> SO IT WAS A MISTAKE?
>> IN MY OPINION, YES.
JACKIE: SO HE WASN’T COMFORTABLE
REMOVING THE MATERIAL AND IN HIS
OPINION IT WAS A MISTAKE.
WHAT I FIND INTERESTING ABOUT
THAT TOO, IS, IF A STORY IS OUT
THERE EVEN IF IT IS NOT
NECESSARILY VERIFIED YOU CAN SAY
THAT RIGHT?
PEOPLE WERE SAYING THAT ON
TWITTER.
IT HADN’T BEEN FULLY
INVESTIGATED YET BUT REPORTERS
WERE DIGGING INTO IT.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS
UNRAVELING, UNFOLDING.
WHAT PLACE DID WIT TWITTER HAVE,
WHAT AUTHORITY DID TWITTER HAVE
SAYING PEOPLE SHOULDN’T READ THE
CONTENT?
THAT IS CENSORSHIP AND HE IS
ADMITTING THAT NOW.
>> RIGHT.
HE DIDN’T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO
DO THAT WE’LL WORK ON A
LEGISLATIVE FIX WHERE GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS CAN’T GET INVOLVED IN
CENSURING FREE SPEECH.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT
ANSWERS TO WITH RESPECT TO WHO
ALL FROM THE GOVERNMENT WAS
COMMUNICATING WITH TWITTER ABOUT
CENSURING THAT PARTICULAR STORY,
THE HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP STORY.
THEY RAN WITH THE STEELE DOSSIER
FOR FOUR YEARS UNTIL EVERYONE
FINALLY FIGURED OUT IT WASN’T
TRUE.
JACKIE: RIGHT.
>> BUT THE HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP
STORY WHICH WAS TRUE THEY BANNED
ON TWITTER.
IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE THE
ELECTION.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW IT WOULD
HAVE IMPACT ON THE AMERICAN
ELECTION IF PEOPLE HAD KNOWN ALL
THE INFLUENCE PEDDLING JOE BIDEN
WAS DOING FOR A DECADE.
HOPEFULLY WE’LL GET ANSWERS.
HOPEFULLY ELON MUSK WILL TURN
OVER THE INFORMATION AND
CONGRESS CAN HAVE IT TO GET A
LEGISLATIVE FIX SO THIS DOESN’T
HAPPEN AGAIN.
JACKIE: WHAT IS I’S MAG ABOUT
THE STORY, THIS STORY REPORTED
THIS LAPTOP WAS FOUND, ALLEGEDLY
THERE WAS THIS CONTENT ON THERE.
THAT IS ALL THEY WERE SAYING.
NOBODY WAS SAYING THIS IS FACT,
IT IS HARD AND TRUE.
THEY SAID IT WAS A DEVELOPING
STORY.
WE’RE LOOKING INTO THIS.
LOOK, IT DID TURN OUT TO BE
TRUE.
MEANTIME PETER DOOCY AT THE
WHITE HOUSE IN A PRESS BRIEFING
WITH KARINE JEAN-PIERRE HOW THEY
WILL HANDLE TWITTER FROM HERE.
LET’S WATCH.
>> WHEN WILL YOU GUYS DELETE THE
WHITE HOUSE TWITTER ACCOUNT?
>> WHY WOULD WE DO THAT?
>> YOU’RE SAYING YOU’RE KEEPING
AN EYE ON TWITTER BECAUSE IT
MIGHT NOT BE A SUITABLE PLATFORM
SO WHY USE ISN’T.
>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR HERE, THE
PRESIDENT ALWAYS SAID, BEEN VERY
CLEAR IN HIS BELIEF IT IS
IMPORTANT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
TO REDUCE HATE SPEECH AND
MISINFORMATION BUT MEDIA
PLATFORMS MAKE INDEPENDENT
CHOICES ABOUT THEIR INFORMATION
THAT THEY PRESENT.
JACKIE: I MEAN, I WILL JUST ASK
FOR YOUR REACTION ON THAT?
>> WELL, THE WHITE HOUSE IS OFF
THEIR GAME.
THEY NEVER SAW THIS ELON MUSK
CHANGE AT TWITTER COMING.
THEY NEVER THOUGHT ELON MUSK
WOULD COME CLEAN WITH TWITTER’S
INVOLVEMENT IN SUPPRESSING
CONSERVATIVE SPEECH PARTICULARLY
THE HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP STORY.
SO I DON’T THINK THE WHITE HOUSE
IS GOING TO HAVE A GOOD ANSWER
TO ANYTHING PETER DOOCY ASKED
HIM FOR ANYTIME OVER THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS.
I MEAN THEY ARE COMPLETELY
RATTLED BY THIS.
THIS WAS A BIG PART OF THEIR
PROPAGANDA MACHINE.
AND NOW IT IS GONE.
JACKIE: NO, IT WILL BE VERY
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS
OUT.
ADVERTISING WILL BE A BIG PART
OF THIS FOR ELON MUSK AND HE IS
TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE THE
ADVERTISERS TO COME BACK.
SO THIS IS AN ONGOING SAGA, BUT
IT’S A BATTLE FOR FREE SPEECH.
HE IS FIGHTING THAT BATTLE.
HE STEPPED UP FOR MILLIONS OF