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JEDEDIAH: LAWMAKERS FIGHTING FOR
FREE SPEECH AND CALLING OUT BIG
TECH DOUBLE STANDARD AFTER
TWITTER BANNED PRESIDENT TRUMP
FROM THE PLATFORM YET ALLOWS
DICTATORS TO REMAIN ONLINE.
WILL: HERE TO DISCUSS
SOUTH CAROLINA’S GOP
CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE.
GOOD MORNING, CONGRESSWOMAN.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON DAY,
WE’RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU.
TELL US ABOUT THIS SEEMINGLY
OBVIOUS DOUBLE STANDARD HERE.
IT IS NOT JUST IRAN’S AYATOLLAH.
TWITTER’S CHOICES WHO, AND WHO
NOT TO CENSOR, TO SUPPRESS SEEMS
TO BE OBVIOUS.
WHAT IS GUIDING THEIR PRINCIPLE
RIGHT NOW?
WHO ARE THEY CHOOSING, WHY ARE
THEY CHOOSING CERTAIN
INDIVIDUALS WHOSE VOICES CANNOT
BE HEARD?
>> OBVIOUSLY AS YOU MENTIONED
EARLIER IT IS THE HEIGHT OF
HYPOCRISY.
TWITTER IS A PRIVATE COMPANY,
THEY HAVE RULES AN STANDARDS.
THEY NEED TO BE CLEAR AND
CONSISTENT THE WAY THEY APPLY
THEM.
TO BAN THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR HIS LANGUAGE
IS ONE THING BUT THEN TO ALLOW,
LET’S SAY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
WHO JUST TWO DAYS AGO CALLED FOR
GENOCIDE AGAINST THE UYGHURS
ONLINE, ON TWITTER AND THE
ACCOUNT IS STILL UP?
THE TWEET IS STILL UP.
IF YOU LOOK AT IRAN’S SUPREME
LEADER CALLING FOR TERRORIST
ATTACKS ON THE U.S. AND ITS
ALLIES, THEY CAN STILL TWEET.
AND SO IF TWITTER IS BEING
COMPLETELY HYPOCRITICAL ON
ISSUE, QUITE FRANKLY IT IS
UN-AMERICAN.
PETE: CONGRESSWOMAN TO BAN THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
IS ONE THING.
I WAS TALKING TO MY SON, DAD,
HOW DO YOU BAN THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES?
WE MISS THE OBVIOUS QUESTION
SOMETIMES.
HOW ABSURD IT REALLY IS.
MY QUESTION IS, IS TWITTER AN
AMERICAN COMPANY?
DO THEY PUT AMERICAN INTERESTS
FIRST OR DO THEY JUST BENEFIT
FROM CAPITALISM AND OUR FREE
MARKET, THEY’RE HAPPY TO ALLOW
TIN POT DICTATORS TO DO WHAT
THEY DO?
>> CERTAINLY THEY’RE BENEFITING
FROM AYATOLLAHS BEING ON LINE
THREATENING CITIZENS, ALLIES,
MILITARY, THREATENING TERRORIST
ATTACKS ON THE UNITED STATES AND
OUR ALLIES.
INCREDIBLY UN-AMERICAN.
AND IT IS SO HYPOCRITICAL AND TO
BE GOING THROUGH ALL THE PAIN
THAT OUR NATION IS FACING RIGHT
NOW, WE’VE BEEN, WE’VE BEEN
THROUGH ENORMOUS PAGE OVER THE
LAST FIVE 1/2 DAYS.
IT SORT OF FEELS LIKE YOU’RE
THROWING GASOLINE ON THE FIRE.
AND IT IS VERY SAD, I’M SAD FOR
OUR COUNTRY.
I’VE BEEN VERY STRONG IN MY
REMARKS THIS WEEK, REALLY
FOCUSED ON OUR PARTY BUT REALLY
AFTER THE END OF THE DAY, THE
LAST NINE MONTHS, ALL OF IT
HAPPENING ONLINE, BOTH SIDES OF
THE AISLE, PARTICULARLY VIOLENCE
BY ANTIFA THUGS A LOT OF IT
COORDINATED ONLINE AND SOCIAL
MEDIA.
WE HAVE TO MAKE THE ROOT
DECISION TODAY GOING FORWARD WE
CAN’T LET THE VOICES OF VIOLENCE
TAKE OVER ANYMORE.
YOU SEE IT ON TWITTER.
YOU SEE THE HIP POCK EXPRESS SY.
I FEEL SAD FOR MY CHILDREN AND
SAD FOR MY COUNTRY.
JEDEDIAH: IT IS VERY SAD.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE REACHED OUT
FOR TWITTER FROM A STATEMENT.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK AS OF
YET.
CONGRESSWOMAN, I WANT TO SWITCH
OVER TO A IMPORTANT TOPIC
OBVIOUSLY, YOU’RE AMONG GROUP OF
GOP LAWMAKERS URGING JOE BIDEN
TO DROP THE IMPEACHMENT PUSH.
THIS IS INTERESTING FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T
OBJECT TO THE ELECTION RESULTS.
YOU FACED YOUR OWN DEGREE OF
HARRASSMENT AS A RESULT.
YET YOU ARE SOME THAT IS STILL
SAYING NO, IMPEACHMENT MAY NOT
BE THE RIGHT THING TO DO HERE.
WHY IS THAT?
>> WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT RIGHT
NOW THERE ARE STILL POLITICAL
CHARADES GOING ON.
I THINK IT IS VERY DISINGENUOUS
IN THE LAST 10 DAYS OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP BEING IN OFFICE, ONLY HAS
TEN MORE DAYS, TO SEE DEMOCRATS
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WHAT
HAPPENED LAST WEEK AND
POLITICIZING IT, MAKING THE LAST
10 DAYS LIKE THROWING GASOLINE
ON THE FIRE.
WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON
HAVING A VERY PEACEFUL
TRANSITION OF POWER.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT’S DECISION
TO FOREGO THE INAUGURATION WAS
THE RIGHT ONE.
PEOPLE SHOULDN’T BE WORRIED
ABOUT GOING TO AN EVENT, GOING
TO WORK, THREAT OF VIOLENCE,
FEAR THEY MIGHT BE HARMED.
I HAD TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
WITH MY CHILDREN ON FRIDAY NIGHT
JUST BECAUSE MOMMY GOES TO WORK
IN D.C. DOESN’T MEAN MY LIFE
WILL BE IN DANGER EVERY TIME I
GO.
THESE ARE TOUGH DISCUSSIONS TO
HAVE WITH MY CHILDREN.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON UNITY.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON TAKING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT HAPPENED
ON WEDNESDAY BUT ALSO WHAT
HAPPENED OVER THE LAST NINE
MONTHS.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST VIOLENT
EVENT THIS YEAR.
WE’VE SEEN DESTRUCTION ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN CITIES ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, CITIES BEING
BURNED TO THE GROUND, BUSINESSES
BEING BURNED DOWN IN THE MIDDLE
OF COVID.
WE HAVE TO THINK LONG AND HARD
HOW WE GO FROM HERE, BOTH
REPUBLICANS AND DEM CRASS.