A Democrat for free speech (!)

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., reaffirmed his stance on the First Amendment on Monday as the only Democratic figure who criticized Twitter’s decision to suppress the New York Post story on Hunter Biden’s laptop.

On Friday, journalist Matt Taibbi, with permission from Twitter CEO Elon Musk, released the “Twitter files” which revealed communications between political figures and employees at the company. Among them included the decision in Oct. 2020 to block users from sharing the breaking report from the New York Post that showed Hunter Biden’s laptop being discovered in a repair shop in Delaware.

Khanna, Taibbi noted, was the only Democratic official within the files who reached out to Twitter executives showing concerns over the New York Post’s First Amendment rights.

The California lawmaker stood by his comments during an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett and called on more Democrats to stand up for free speech.

“What surprised me is that Twitter made the decision in the first place to censor. Look, liberal Democrats should be, for the principle of standing up for First Amendment speech. The [New York Times Co. v. Sullivan] said we want free speech to be open, uninhibited wide-ranging. I get Twitter’s a private actor, but they’re effectively a modern public square. And it was disappointing to me that they were suppressing the New York Post,” Khanna said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/dem-lawmaker-doubles-down-on-free-speech-defense-democrats-should-stand-for-first-amendment/ar-AA14Zdju

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