I'm covering today's House Judiciary hearing on white nationalism. The witness list includes Turning Point USA's Candace Owens, who says she's bringing a "special guest."
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A Facebook representative claims that Facebook is "no place for hate." Facebook just banned white nationalist groups last month.
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Google rep claims hate speech "has no place on YouTube." At the same time, the comment stream for this hearing was just disabled because it was filling up with racist / anti-semitic comments.pic.twitter.com/jFtXSdDHYU
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Candace Owens at the mic at the House hearing. Her message is, no surprise, that Democrats are the real racists and want to sow division, including "the tall hating the short."
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Louie Gohmert is using his time at the white nationalism hearing to claim that it's a hoax that Trump said there were "fine people on both sides" at Charlottesville. This has become a big talking point on the right over the past few months.
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Gohmert asks Facebook rep in white nationalism hearing why they're so hard on "my friends, Diamond & Silk."
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GOP Rep. Ken Buck is a huge Candace Owens fans: “I think you’ve caused my friends on the left to go to their safe spaces”. He asks if she "triggers the left."
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Jerry Nadler acknowledges that YouTube had to ban comments from the committee's livestream because of racists. Gohmert cuts in: "Could that be another hate hoax?"
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Replying to @willsommer
Trump DIDN'T call white nationalists & Nazis fine people, he specifically said "they should be condemned totally." Trump spoke publically on live TV, it was aired on every network, there are videos and transcripts. It is absolutely ludicrous that you are still pushing this lie.
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This might help you out of the hoax jail you seem to be in: https://bit.ly/2Fyei5R
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