Parler CEO John Matze exploded on elected officials, such as Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who recently called for censorship of his social media platform and declared it ‘sick’ and ‘angry’.
The chief executive said critics like Ocasio-Cortez did not understand what America stood for.
Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., recently has called on Apple and Google to take action against Parler, in a tweet that the leader of the so-called ‘Squad’ of progressive sent to her 11.4 million followers. Ocasio-Cortez is not alone. Many people on the left have made similar complaints.
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- Google and Apple removed Parler from their app stores and Amazon Web Services cut Parler off from the web hosting services in the wake of the Capitol riot.
- Parler filed a lawsuit against Amazon on Monday
“I think it’s sick,” Matze told Fox News. “That’s not what the Constitution said. That’s not what the Constitution stands for, which bans ten plus American voters from the Internet and bans people’s freedom of speech. If people do such things, it shows that they are not does not understand the meaning of the Constitution or this country and what it stands for. ‘
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