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From NBC News: Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., is pushing for the House Judiciary Committee to investigate whether Elon Musk’s X improperly prevented users from following an official presidential campaign account for Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday.
Nadler, the ranking Democrat on the committee, sent a letter to chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Monday morning saying that “numerous users” were blocked from following the “@KamalaHQ” account after President Joe Biden stepped aside and endorsed Harris for president. The letter was exclusively obtained by NBC News.
“Regardless of political ideology, Americans have a protected interest in receiving Vice President Harris’ communications regarding her candidacy,” Nadler wrote. “Vice President Harris, in turn, has a right to communicate with the American people as she runs for the highest office in the country.”
“Unlike the countless conspiracy theories of political censorship that Republicans have chased down over the last year, X’s attempt to block users from following Vice President Harris’s campaign account appears to be a real example of online censorship,” Nadler said in an emailed response to a request for comment. “If House Republicans have even a shred of credibility left they will call out this blatant attempt to limit the Vice President’s voice and investigate immediately.”
“It is my sincere hope that you channel the same outrage and pertinacity against platform censorship of the Democratic party as you do when conservative speech is allegedly suppressed,” Nadler declared in his letter.
“I am hopeful that the Committee may find ways to put partisan politics aside and work on serious issues like this, which impact the ability of voters and candidates to engage in a free and fair exchange of information and viewpoints – critical elements to a functioning democracy,” he wrote.
Nadler to Jordan:
“It is my sincere hope that you channel the same outrage and pertinacity against platform censorship of the Democratic party as you do when conservative speech is allegedly suppressed.” https://t.co/vaVxIER5pI pic.twitter.com/TefuMLQyap— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) July 23, 2024
