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Sen. Josh Hawley lands new publisher days after Simon & Schuster dropped his book following Capitol Hill riotsBy
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Hawley had come under criticism for challenging the results of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory and was accused of helping incite the mob that stormed the Capitol.
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Regnery Publishing, a conservative publishing house, said Monday that it had picked up a book by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., after Simon & Schuster ended its contract to publish it in the wake of assault on the Capitol.
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Loews Hotels said Saturday that it would not host a fundraiser with Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, the latest indication that many companies are distancing themselves from Republicans who voted to overturn the election results.
Fighting for Missouri, a political action committee affiliated with Hawley, had planned to host a “fun-filled, family-friendly Orlando weekend event” with the senator at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel in Orlando, Florida, from Feb. 12 to Feb. 15, according to an invitation for the event. Tickets were being sold for $1,000 to $5,000, depending on the size of the group.
Can Twitter legally bar Trump? The First Amendment says yes
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This Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 image shows the suspended Twitter account of President Donald Trump. On Friday, the social media company permanently suspended Trump from its platform, citing risk of further incitement of violence. (AP Photo/Tali Arbel)Tali Arbel / Associated Press
WASHINGTON When Simon & Schuster canceled its plans this week to publish Sen. Josh Hawley’s book, he called the action “a direct assault on the First Amendment.”
And when Twitter permanently banned President Donald Trump’s account Friday, his family and his supporters said similar things. “We are living Orwell’s 1984,” Donald Trump Jr. said on Twitter. “Free-speech no longer exists in America.”