Show-Me State Times

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) says the time is now to stand up to Big Tech and censorship in America.

Hawley said after he stood up and challenged the presidential electors from Pennsylvania, Big Tech, as well as corporate America have been canceling things that involve him — from a book deal to events.

“It will get worse,” Hawley said in a New York Post commentary. “The tech titans have already booted dozens of conservatives off social media, and if they have their way, half the House Republican conference will be expelled from Congress. The corporate titans seem to believe that the only way to get a democracy to their liking is to eliminate all threats to the Democratic Party’s unified control of government.” 

Hawley said social credit scores of conservatives are taking nose dives. He says they are the latest form of cancel culture.

“Like the old-fashioned kind of credit score, your social credit requires a lot of maintenance,” Hawley said in the commentary. “You’ll need to get good grades in school and stay out of trouble with the law. But that’s just the start — you have to earn your right to live in polite society these days. So if you want to get a good job, stay at hotels and be served at restaurants, you will need to do a few other things. You will need to voice the right opinions. You will need to endorse the right ideas. You will need to conform. That’s what the corporate chieftains tell us, anyway.”

Hawley says if conservatives take a stand, the cancel culture agenda can’t succeed.

“We need to stand up for the basic principles that join all Americans together — the right to speak freely, to debate openly, and to address our differences graciously without fear of being silenced or punished for dissenting views,” Hawley said in the piece.

Hawley said he is not going to back down. He’ll still get his book published and he’ll continue to represent his constituents.

“The powerful see in the present moment an opportunity to consolidate their control over society and to squelch dissent,” Hawley said. “That means those who believe in the First Amendment and the fundamental principles of American liberty must now take a stand, while we still can.”