Remember soon after the election, when Democrats were trying to land on a reason why Hillary Clinton lost that ignored the fact she was an awful candidate. She was supposed to win, and all the polls said so!
It didn’t take long for The Resistance to settle on Russia. At first, the claim was the Russia hacked the election somehow — but no, there’s no way they could have hacked into voting machines that aren’t connected to the Internet. (What about floppies, though?)
If not that, maybe Russians offered dirt on Hillary Clinton to the Trump campaign. Maybe they ran deceptive ads on social media — that’s it!
This week, representatives from Facebook, Twitter, and Google have been on Capitol Hill for a grilling on the 2016 election and political propaganda that could have been funded from overseas. Legislators haven’t been satisfied with what they’ve heard, and on Wednesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein offered a warning: do something about it, or we’ll do it for you.
.@SenFeinstein: You've created these platforms & now they are being misused and you have to be the ones to do something about it or we will. pic.twitter.com/ASgi1o2A9M
— CSPAN (@cspan) November 1, 2017
Interesting position on the #1A by a prominent Democrat.
FYI @jaketapper https://t.co/X5QA7p8wnY— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) November 1, 2017
You’d be laughed at — and rightfully so — if you suggested that newspapers lose their “licenses” over shoddy reporting, but isn’t it a little frightening for someone like Feinstein to tell social media giants that the government will step in an fix their “misuse”?
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Establishment is conflating bots & legal ads to cover up the fact Hillary is an awful candidate. Not hacking the election. https://t.co/RYtHT3tBwj
— David Morgan (@StarCoreOne02) November 1, 2017
Bingo.
Sounds constitutional. https://t.co/tQADGTo1Dy
— David Steinberg (@realDSteinberg) November 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/dan_liva/status/925853927156998145
Big government at its best…. https://t.co/wbmjFcbbIF
— Kyle (@kps427) November 1, 2017
She doesn’t like freedom all that much… https://t.co/4f3bY4jh0Z
— Mark Noonan (@Mark_E_Noonan) November 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/thetoolebox/status/925795070468640768
Repeal the first amendment? ?
Issue journalist licenses? ?
Best of luck getting any of this nonsense passed. https://t.co/ee0YCodHTO
— Senpai 3:16 ?? ? (@Senpai_316) November 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/TMorgan30/status/925810780649480194
https://twitter.com/Jim_Kiner/status/925814134805028865
This threat is a major violation of the 1st Amdt. and I can even see the supreme court striking down this proposed threat. https://t.co/ra8PhA5VG8
— John P. Henninger (@jphenninger) November 1, 2017
No, this is literally censoring first amendment rights. buying ads and propaganda has been a human thing for millenia. You do it too. https://t.co/eTeC88YcdN
— Michael (@mgower19) November 1, 2017
A case of the US government realizing that they are not the only ones who can use cyber warfare to disrupt other country’s systems 😉 https://t.co/LmKuxKK4XJ
— Scott McIntyre (@lawofscott) November 1, 2017
“We don’t control the narrative anymore!” https://t.co/6HlBa2rIOp
— Fuzzy Chimp (@fuzzychimpcom) November 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/UberhatReturns/status/925852411301732352
https://twitter.com/sixchained/status/925825384469401600
https://twitter.com/DCuz1/status/925822462776037376
Hey @Acosta Hey @jaketapper Where is the outrage from the press at this government attack on free speech? https://t.co/qXjp40fmSW
— Vin (@VinceGottalotta) November 1, 2017
Because you can't control the narrative without complete control. We see you @SenFeinstein We know what your real agenda is. #Evil https://t.co/ywInSvI1LU
— RobE??? (@JRob747) November 1, 2017
I'm so confused, what is it Democrats want? Whatever fits today's agenda? https://t.co/5vWGKpUOFr
— Eric MacIntyre (@ericmac450) November 1, 2017
It’s guaranteed these hearings wouldn’t be happening had Hillary Clinton won.
If these ridiculous Dems think that Ads on FB, Twitter, or Google influenced people to hate Hillary, they're clearly clueless….
— #ShallNotBeInfringed (@OrlandoDesigns) November 1, 2017
They are clueless and they will continue to lose elections.
— Love&Happiness #FreeAssange ⏳ (@freedom4all117) November 1, 2017
Here’s a thought:
Or, and go with me on this, we could ALL be responsible media consumers and learn to recognize BS when we see it. #utpol https://t.co/1fHqSOxVpD
— martycarpenter (@martycarpenter) November 1, 2017
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