GOP Sen. Wicker: 'The Left Has Taken over a Large Part of the Way Americans Communicate'

Friday on FNC’s “Your World,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) argued that similar to what one might see in a third-world country when a strongman “takes over in a coup d’etat,” the American left was engaged in taking over the way American citizens communicate, which could be a way to maintain power.

The Mississippi Republican U. S. Senator warned such an effort could threaten free speech, protected by the First Amendment.

Friday on FNC’s “Your World,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) argued that similar to what one might see in a third-world country when a strongman “takes over in a coup d’etat,” the American left was engaged in taking over the way American citizens communicate, which could be a way to maintain power.

The Mississippi Republican U. S. Senator warned such an effort could threaten free speech, protected by the First Amendment.

NEIL CAVUTO, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: All right, the big issue, big tech censorship.

And along comes Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker, who wants to know from all the social media companies about the pile-on to silence that crowd, that speech, that point of view.

He hasn’t gotten any answers, just sent the missives out. The senator with us right now.

Good to have you, Senator.

So, you’re trying to get to the bottom of this, right, what made them decide to not only take down anything having to do with Donald Trump, but oftentimes those even remotely associated with Donald Trump or his speeches.

SEN. ROGER WICKER (R-MS): Neil, thank you for having me on.

Yes, this is bigger than Donald Trump, and it’s even bigger than the 25 million conservative people who have chosen voluntarily to use Parler.

We’re getting outrage from the right and the left. I mean, there’s a reason that our allies in Europe are frightened about this. There’s a reason the socialist president of Mexico has spoken out about this, the ACLU.

This is — this is a frightening, troubling misuse of the power of these big techs. And, yes, we are most interested in getting answers.

When did they decide to do this? Who did they talk to?

CAVUTO: But, Senator, is part it of these companies — [Jack] Dorsey says it’s bigger than Donald Trump, hinting that this is going to go wider than Donald Trump.

What did you make of that?

WICKER: Well, it already is bigger than Donald Trump.

And — but it amounts to a stifling of free speech. And so, I mean, they’re opening themselves up. We’re certainly going to keep talking about the Section 230 liability. At this point, there is absolutely no reason why they shouldn’t operate like Neil Cavuto has to do.

You say what you believe the truth is, and you take your chances under the First Amendment. They have a special protection under the statute. People of the right and left are going to want to reexamine that.

But, also, we’re abo... (Read more)

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