WASHINGTON – Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene took the House Oversight Committee’s first hearing investigating the FBI involvement with censoring The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop computer story as a chance to speak about herself.
While her GOP colleagues used their time with former Twitter executives to examine the corporate’s resolution to censor The Post’s 2020 expose on the notorious laptop computer, the Georgia congresswoman didn’t ask a single query, opting as a substitute to complain in regards to the social media firm’s earlier resolution to block her account.
“You can take into account your speech canceled throughout my time since you canceled mine,” Taylor-Greene informed the witnesses, referring to her allotted time to ask questions of them.
“You see, you completely banned my private Twitter account – and it was my marketing campaign account, additionally.”
The hearing kicked off the newly Republican-controlled committee’s campaign to examine allegations that Hunter Biden used his place because the then-vice president’s son to safe profitable consulting jobs with international firms. The panel was meant to present info on how the federal authorities influenced the story’s suppression.
Taylor-Greene, who’s freshly again on committees after Democrats booted her for populating conspiracy theories on the platform, proceeded to use almost all of her allotted 5 minutes to decry Twitter’s resolution to ban her account after repeatedly posting misinformation in regards to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Jan. 2, 2022, you completely banned my Twitter account. This was the account that I’d put my marketing campaign adverts on, increase cash on, combat again when attacked with lies and give you the option to speak to my voters in my district, however you banned it,” she stated. “My account was not reinstated till Nov. 21, 2022. That was after my election on Nov. 8.”
The social media platform returned Taylor-Greene’s account after it was bought by Elon Musk, who ordered a number of beforehand banned accounts – together with that of former President Donald Trump – be unblocked.
The congresswoman, who referenced herself roughly 30 instances within the hearing, claimed Twitter blocked her for sharing her opinions on the COVID-19 vaccine, together with that she “didn’t assume that any entity ought to implement a non-DEA, non-FDA accepted vaccine of masks.”
“Guess what – lots of people agreed with me however you name that COVID misinformation,” she stated. “By the way in which, I’m a member of Congress and also you’re not.”
While she briefly turned to the “violation of numerous conservative Americans,” together with “those who had been having success treating folks with [horse dewormer] Ivermectin,” she didn’t point out the Biden household nor FBI interference in any respect.
Taylor-Greene was not alone in hijacking the hearing. Democrats additionally used their time to distract from the hearing’s central matter, in a seemingly coordinated try to steer the dialog into addressing Twitter’s position within the lead up to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot on the Capitol.
“[Jan. 6] is an actual situation, not like one thing that occurred a pair years in the past for 24 hours that has already disappeared within the sands of time,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) stated, belittling the Hunter Biden allegations.
“I used to be skeptical about revisiting the entire New York Post factor the place there have already been congressional hearings and so they’ve already apologized for their little lapse.”
