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Why is Mitch McConnell holding up $2,000 checks that people desperately need? Because he also thinks the government should regulate the internet & investigate phantom voter fraud allegations, and that these two issues can’t be divorced from helping a nation in crisis.
Why is Mitch McConnell holding up $2,000 checks that people desperately need? Because he also thinks the government should regulate the internet & investigate phantom voter fraud allegations, and that these two issues can’t be divorced from helping a nation in crisis.
Sounds baffling? It is. McConnell’s actions are in service to our desperate and departing president.
They're a response to Trump's frequent tantrums over social media that fact-check his lies, and a voting process that legitimately elected someone else to lead the nation.
They're a response to Trump's frequent tantrums over social media that fact-check his lies, and a voting process that legitimately elected someone else to lead the nation.
The courts have repeatedly ruled that allegations of voter fraud are unsubstantiated.
On the issue of the internet it’s a bit more complicated… at least to the extent that very few people in DC seem to understand the #Section230 protections at the center of the debate.
On the issue of the internet it’s a bit more complicated… at least to the extent that very few people in DC seem to understand the #Section230 protections at the center of the debate.
The president (& now McConnell) are deeply confused about a rule that protects the constitutional rights of all websites & services that host third-party content.
In Trumpworld they should be forced to amplify his false propaganda about the election result & his COVID response.
In Trumpworld they should be forced to amplify his false propaganda about the election result & his COVID response.
Trump and his supporters have gotten it in their heads that repealing #Section230 will protect conservative speech online. (It won’t.)
