Steve King is entering Jim Hoft's Gateway Pundit articles into the record at Diamond & Silk's House Judiciary Committee hearing
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) April 26, 2018
Go ahead, tell me that Congress is the problem and not the salt-of-the-earth heartland voters who have been electing this guy to state and federal offices for over 20 years. https://t.co/QbHF0GjZ4F
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 27, 2018
There is barely a person in this room who isn’t trying to suppress laughter right now or looking at each other wondering what the hell is going on. Gohmert & Steve King just busted out laughing as @DiamondandSilk starting promoting their social media page for folks to follow
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) April 26, 2018
Both Steve ‘Pigmuck’ King and Louie ‘Dumbest Dude in Congress’ Gohmert are quite silly enough to have called this hearing out of genuine confusion about Facebook’s filtering protocols, or in sympathy with the “rights” of a couple of African-American Trump supporters to monetize the How-Can-He-Be-A-Racist-When-He-Has-Black-Friends market, if only they’d been able to keep a straight face…
Had a nice chit chat w/ "Diamond and Silk" — I'm just astounded @HouseGOP @HouseJudiciary Committee would stoop to this level so they can make more money. https://t.co/46VIwk5bt6
— Rep. Hank Johnson (@RepHankJohnson) April 26, 2018
.@RepHankJohnson (paraphrasing): we could be talking about elex interference, or Russian influence, or range of important issues–but instead we've given a platform to Diamond & Silk, who have made a ton of $$ off of Facebook & by complaining about being "censored" by FB.
**Yes— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) April 26, 2018
(Spoiler: Diamond & Silk were not “censored”, although it’s an open question whether or not they understand that.)
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