Fox News’ Tucker Carlson told chief House Judiciary Committee member Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to explain “what the consequences will be” for Big Tech companies that censure conservative views after Jordan criticized the leaders of Google, Facebook and other tech giants. at a subcommittee hearing.
“Big Tech is about to get conservatives, that’s clearly true,” “Tucker Carlson Tonight” host Jordan told Jordan. “It is time for you to face the consequences. There are too many frustrated viewers who do not believe that the Republicans have forced them to face any consequences for the past four years. Just tell us what the consequences will be.”
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Jordan insisted that House Republicans are working with the Senate to address the issue, and emphasized the importance of retaking the House in November, and asked Carlson, “Do you think Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Jerry Nadler are you going to fix this? “
“I am a presenter on a talk show,” Carlson replied. “We have four million viewers or whatever, but my job is to speak. Lawmakers are tasked with running the country and passing our laws, by definition, and these companies operate with a special exclusion that Congress and Congress provided them I’ve never done anything to stop them. “
“We have, what, 96 days until the election,” added the host. “Will there be any consequences until then?”
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“There are three possible remedies here,” Jordan acknowledged. “All I know is that there is a big problem and there has to be a remedy, we are looking at the best course of action to follow.”
The interview turned around when Carlson noted that Jordan and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wisconsin, accepted campaign contributions from Google.
“Google is its second largest campaign contributor in the last cycle,” Carlson told Jordan. “Why do you think they would give you money?”
“Look, if you want to exercise your First Amendment freedoms to give me money, I raised $ 3 million last quarter,” Jordan replied. “If Google gives me a check for thousands of dollars, God bless you. That doesn’t change who I am.”
Jordan pointed to his behavior at Wednesday’s hearing, during which he recited a list of cases in which leading tech and social media companies censored or removed posts from conservative legislators or thinkers.
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“In 2016, Google tried to adapt its features to help [Hillary] Clinton in key states … “Jordan stated.” The good news is that in 2016, despite what Google did, the American people saw it for what it was and Donald Trump was chosen.
“I think it will happen again,” he predicted, “but we have to be vigilant about them.”
