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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 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…”
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…”
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…”
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…”
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.”
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?”
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.”
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.”
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 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.”
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…”