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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy, my, my, what happens when you hold a hearing and can't prove your point?"
Rep Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to Gym Jordan.
"To Mr. Raskin's point that you guys aren't bound to the First Amendment because you're a private company," Jordan said. "Okay, maybe so."
Jordan just admitted Twitter and the federal government did nothing wrong, and this entire hearing is a sham.
Jordan just admitted Twitter and the federal government did nothing wrong, and this entire hearing is a sham.
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"My, my, my, what happens when you hold a hearing and can't prove your point?" Connolly said.
That brought some laughter to the chamber.
That brought some laughter to the chamber.
Whole story here:
https://crooksandliars.com/2023/02/jim-jordan-makes-first-amendmet-case
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My, my, my, what happens when you hold a hearing and can't prove your point?" (Original Post)
FSogol
Feb 2023
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Meadowoak
(5,545 posts)1. You prove the other guys point.
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)2. The point is to generate clips for Fox News
The hearing was successful. It's just that people don't grasp what "success" in this context means.
Getting that Hannity stroking tonight is the goal.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)3. This is why I'm less concerned about these endless wastes of time
These lunkheads are chasing chimeras, hobgoblins they've conjured in their minds, spooks rising from a fever swamp of nonsense. There may be some accidental tangential contact with reality, but that will make their nitwit allegations look all the worse.
Blind men in a dark room searching for a black cat that isn't there.
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)4. ...accidental tangential contact with reality...good one sir!
ananda
(28,860 posts)5. From Mediaite
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/my-my-my-you-hold-a-hearing-and-you-cant-prove-your-point-democrat-roasts-jim-jordan-over-line-of-questioning/
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) suggested House Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to prove Twitter executives had nefarious intent to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story.
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I couldn't access C & L, and this site also
has the whole story.
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) suggested House Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to prove Twitter executives had nefarious intent to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story.
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I couldn't access C & L, and this site also
has the whole story.
belpejic
(720 posts)6. Beavis is such a moron
He does know how to swindle his supporters, though.
burrowowl
(17,641 posts)9. LOL! Gym Jordan is an idiot!
republianmushroom
(13,593 posts)10. Gym Jim is a sham.