Sen. Josh Hawley has found a new publisher for his book after Simon & Schuster dropped him after being assaulted on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.
The book, titled “The Tyranny of Big Tech,” is critical to big tech companies, including Google and Facebook. The day after the attack on Capitol, Simon & Schuster said they would no longer publish the senator’s book.
Conservative publisher Regnery Publishing is publishing the book this summer, its parent Salem Media Group said in a statement on Monday.
Hawley, a Republican in Missouri, had earlier called for the Electoral College to reject votes from states that vote in President Joe Biden’s election.
Hawley, 41, was elected to the Senate in 2018. He was the first member of his chamber to announce that he would join an effort launched by conservatives in the House of Representatives to challenge the normal ceremonial process of voting certification.
He came under fire after the attack on Trump’s supporters at the Capitol on January 6, which delayed the certification of Biden’s election victory by a few hours that day, as lawmakers were forced to flee to seek safety from the angry crowd that overwhelmed the security forces. Five people, including a Capitol police officer, were killed in the violence.