Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday reinforced his belief that President Biden is the greatest threat to democracy, citing the administration’s alleged efforts to censor political speech online.
“President Biden did something no other president in history has done: He ordered the media, especially social media, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Google, to censor his political opponents,” the Independent said. the presidential candidate told Fox & Friends. . ”
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“If you have a president who can censor his political opponents, he’s authorizing all sorts of atrocities, and that’s a real threat to our democracy,” he continued. “President Trump’s involvement in efforts to question and overturn the election is certainly a threat to democracy, but not the worst threat to the First Amendment. They are weaponizing federal agencies to remove them.”
Kennedy previously appeared on CNN’s “Outfront” on Monday, saying that Biden has “much more commitment to democracy” than President Trump, as the current president has “weaponized” federal agencies to censor political opponents. He said it was a “bad” threat.
“You could argue that President Biden is far worse,” Kennedy said. “That’s because President Biden is the first candidate and the first president in history to use federal agencies to censor political speech and his opponents.”
“The greatest threat to democracy is not those who question the results of elections, but those who use their power to force social media companies Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to open portals and give them access to them.” “This is the president of the United States who compels ‘reports to the FBI, CIA, IRS, and NIH to censor his political critics,'” he added.
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Kennedy’s comments came after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case alleging that senior Biden officials conspired with Big Tech to censor political speech on social media platforms.
Last month, the Supreme Court Oral argument Marcy v. State of Missouri. The case stems from a lawsuit filed by state attorneys general in Missouri and Louisiana that accused government officials of colluding with major social media companies to combat misinformation.
The lawsuit alleges that this collaboration ultimately led to the censorship of speech on a variety of topics, including Hunter Biden’s laptop, the origins of COVID-19, and the effectiveness of masks.
President Kennedy said Tuesday that “using the courts, using prosecutors, using all these federal agencies to change the political landscape of our country is all wrong and we should be talking about it.” Stated. “He forced…he said to social media companies…we’re going to file an antitrust lawsuit against you and if you don’t agree with us, it’s essential to those companies. We intend to revoke the Section 230 exemption that is “Portal to Censorship.” ”
“So who did he give access to that portal? The CIA, the FBI, CISA, the IRS, the NIH, all these federal agencies that can silence people who are questioning their policies. “There was a real problem with that. It’s arrogant and anti-democratic,” he continued.
FOX News’ Joe Schoffstall, Aubrey Spady and Landon Mion contributed to this report.
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