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"Free societies don't punish words, they punish deeds" -- Rep. McClintock defending free speech during the white nationalism hearing
McClintock also bringing up Section 230 to shame tech giants for speech suppression. "Are you a neutral forum or an editorial publication responsible for your content?"
Facebook rep Neil Potts claims they only ban people who call for violence. When has @FaithGoldy or American Identity Movement called for violence?
Rep. Cedric Richmond claims you don't get to shout hate in a crowded theater....
Richmond also claims the White House gives safe harbor to and supports white nationalism
Republican Rep. Reschenthaler boasts of how he condemned Steve King and white nationalism. "We have to come together as a nation against hate"
ZOA's Morton Klein wants a congressional investigation into Muslim anti-Semitism
Rep. Cicciline just namedropped Faith Goldy and wondered why her video wasn't banned. Goldy was banned from Facebook this week
Candace Owens is going off on Rep. Cicciline. "Nobody wants to talk about black babies being separated from their mothers"
Klein returns to talking about how Islam promotes anti-Semitism
Ted Lieu plays the Candace Owens Hitler clip
Candace Owens just got reprimanded for calling Ted Lieu "stupid"
Candace Owens defends herself from the Hitler accusation by saying she took an 18-hour flight to attend the opening of the Jerusalem embassy
One of the hearing witnesses demands the government give "the muscle" to erase white nationalism
Rep. Demings brings up the Matthew Shepard killing, which was motivated by drugs not hate.
Civil rights lawyer Kristen Clarke calls on the DOJ to tackle "hate in the workplace"
Rep. Scanlon pleads that she doesn't want minority groups to fight each other, argues white supremacists are responsible for animosity between Jews and Muslims
Rep. Garcia asks Google rep if the tech giant recognizes "dogwhistles" and how they censor them
Rep. Jayapal thinks Facebook hasn't removed enough white nationalists
The clown hearing continues
Mohammed Abu-Salha wants hate crime laws in every state and these laws to be easier to apply to crimes
Abu-Salha also says Klein veered into Islamophobia with his comments
Clarke claims Trump is encouraging kids to hate. Every Democrat and most panel witnesses have blamed Trump for the "rise in hate"
Rep. Dean complains Facebook took too long to suppress white nationalism and ban Faith Goldy. Says it's a "disappointment"
Rep. Correa claims America's heritage is accepting migrants "rejected" by their home countries...
ADL's Eileen Hershenov defines white nationalism as a "euphemism" for white supremacy and says it's motivated by the fear of being genocided by foreign invaders
Blonde-haired Rep. Mucarsel-Powell asks if white nationalists see her as threat because she's a Latina married to a Jewish man. Also claims she's a victim of a hate crime because the Proud Boys protested her
Hershenov wants more proactive hate crime laws that cover doxing and harassment
Kristen Clarke complains Facebook still has hate pages that say "It's Okay to Be White"
