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Schmitt: Biden's censorship enterprise is the greatest First Amendment affront
“And a censorship enterprise that they created that was so vast. It's the biggest affront to the first event we've ever seen.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 4:36 Senator Exposes America’s Biggest Censorship Scandal · Joe Lonsdale
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Supported
Schmitt: FBI knew Hunter Biden laptop was real in November 2019
“The FBI authenticated and knew the laptop for Hunter Biden with all the crazy stuff in it could have, by the way, implicated Joe Biden in some bad stuff. They knew it was real in 2019, in November of 2019. The FBI starts having monthly, then weekly meetings wi…”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 10:44 Senator Exposes America’s Biggest Censorship Scandal · Joe Lonsdale
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Supported
Schmitt: Biden administration censorship efforts began on day three
“We discover in the discovery that the censorship operation began on day three of their administration. They started taking down RFK Jr. They started taking down Tucker Carlson. A lot of these people who had opinions they didn't like were being shadow banned or…”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 13:32 Senator Exposes America’s Biggest Censorship Scandal · Joe Lonsdale
ALL-IN Opinion
Schmitt: Federal censorship was the greatest First Amendment affront in US history
“Fast censorship enterprise that existed that, in my view, was the greatest affront to the First Amendment we've ever seen in the history of our country.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 3:17 Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
ALL-IN Opinion
Senator Schmitt: Tech platforms suppressing viewpoints should lose Section 230 protections
“If you're going to start making these, whether it's a, you know, somebody individually is flagging it, or you have an algorithm that is essentially excluding 50% of the points of view, You should not get the multi-billion dollar subsidy that effectively what s…”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 17:28 Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Schmitt: CISA partnered with Stanford and UW to flag social media posts
“Take CISA, which is the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency. No one's ever heard of it. It was created effectively to protect infrastructure from cyber attacks. In that era when Trump was present underground, They work on, under the guise of Russian d…”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 26:57 Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Schmitt: Fauci deposition revealed efforts to undermine Jay Bhattacharya over natural immunity
“When we had the opportunity to take Anthony Fauci's deposition at NIH that was mind blowing. It's only the second time his deposition was taken and we find out all the links that which he went to undermine people like, by the way, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who was…”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 28:18 Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Schmitt: Released DNI documents show Clinton was Russia's preferred candidate
“Actually in the documents that were released by Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, was that Hillary Clinton was the preferred candidate. They had the goods on her. They had her medical records, all this stuff. So Trump was not like this pref…”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 34:03 Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Schmitt: Comey, Clapper, and Brennan are likely targets for Russiagate prosecutions
“But I think that like the most likely targets of that are Comey, Clapper and Brennan for their role.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 37:41 Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Contradicted
Schmitt: 18 to 24 Year Olds Vote Republican More Than Past Generations
“And I also think you'd look at younger voters right now, especially, you know, 18 to 24 year olds who live through these dark, crazy times. They're, I mean, they're the most conservative, or they vote Republican more than any generation previous to them, becau…”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 16:51 Senator Exposes America’s Biggest Censorship Scandal · Joe Lonsdale
Schmitt: California Has Excess Representatives Because Illegal Immigrants Are Counted
“There's no reason in the world why we should accept the idea that illegal immigrants are counted in the census. California has way too many representatives than it should have because we count illegal immigrants.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 21:06 Senator Exposes America’s Biggest Censorship Scandal · Joe Lonsdale
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Supported
Schmitt: Missouri holds a $24B legal judgment against China
“Missouri has currently a twenty four billion dollar judgment against communist China that is, you know, can, you can seize assets.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 21:54 Senator Exposes America’s Biggest Censorship Scandal · Joe Lonsdale
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Partly supported
Schmitt: Coca-Cola held training sessions on being 'less white'
“Coca-Cola, for example, was having sessions about how people had to explain how they wanted to be less white.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 27:31 Senator Exposes America’s Biggest Censorship Scandal · Joe Lonsdale
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Schmitt: FBI possessed Hunter Biden's laptop in 2019 during pre-bunking efforts
“We took the deposition of Elvis Chan, who was the FBI agent in charge of Northern California that was pre-bunking the Hunter Biden laptop story, even though the FBI had the laptop in 2019, right?”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 5:05 Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
ALL-IN Opinion
Schmitt: The ACLU no longer protects free speech and focuses on censorship
“And even the ACLU actually did things like protect free speech. That's all gone now. Like that, there's no, like it's about power and control and limiting and labeling things, misinformation, disinformation to suppress speech.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 7:52 Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
Sen. Schmitt: Trump administration court wins stem from clear Article II executive authorities
“As those cases have made their way through the courts, by and large, president Trump has been Successful because what he's trying to do are clear article two authorities, right? Of course, the chief executive can make these kinds of decisions.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 5:34 Senator Exposes America’s Biggest Censorship Scandal · Joe Lonsdale
Schmitt Backs Constitutional Amendment Fixing Supreme Court at Nine Justices
“I support a constitutional amendment that would enshrine it at nine. I think that makes the most sense.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 19:29 Senator Exposes America’s Biggest Censorship Scandal · Joe Lonsdale
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Prediction Open · timeframe Aug 2030
Schmitt: FBI will deploy largest per-capita agent presence to St. Louis
“So in the FBI is going to have the largest per capita permanent infusion of permanent FBI agents in St. Louis, anywhere in the country.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 23:15 Senator Exposes America’s Biggest Censorship Scandal · Joe Lonsdale
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Prediction Not checkable as stated
Schmitt: Legal cases and penalties are coming for corporate DEI discrimination
“I think it's coming. Like it should come. And I think they need some scalps on this thing to make sure that this stops”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 27:21 Senator Exposes America’s Biggest Censorship Scandal · Joe Lonsdale
ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported
Schmitt: Biden kept classified documents without declassification authority as VP
“Joe Biden, Who wasn't ever president, he was vice president, who can't declassify documents, had boxes and boxes of classified documents in his garage where Hunter Biden lived.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 41:11 Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Schmitt: China currently has a larger Navy than the US
“Where China now has a bigger Navy than we have. Not a better Navy, but a bigger Navy.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 48:28 Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Senator Schmitt: Russia has five times Ukraine's population and triple the munitions
“Russia has five times the people, three times the munitions they have an industrial base.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 52:45 Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Supported
Schmitt: Missouri AG won Supreme Court student loan and COVID-19 cases
“We wanted the Supreme Court on student loan debt forgiveness on COVID stuff. We brought the Missouri versus Biden lawsuit.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 4:52 Senator Exposes America’s Biggest Censorship Scandal · Joe Lonsdale
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Not checkable as stated
Schmitt: Drone technology becomes outdated within six months
“Drone technology is outdated, like in six months.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 29:30 Senator Exposes America’s Biggest Censorship Scandal · Joe Lonsdale
Schmitt: AI can identify duplicative federal regulations for rollback
“I think by the way, AI can help with that. Like AI can identify all of this, like duplicative regulation.”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 37:55 Senator Exposes America’s Biggest Censorship Scandal · Joe Lonsdale
ALL-IN Disclosure
Schmitt: Missouri AG office prioritized discovery over immediate injunction in Biden lawsuit
“A really important strategic decision in the case was normally when you file a lawsuit like that, you immediately seek a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction to get the government or another party to stop what they're doing. But we felt like w…”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 4:23 Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
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