Publisher Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that he is pushing for Republican Senator Josh Hawley’s book following hundreds of pro-Trump rioters ravaging the U.S. Capitol, leading to four deaths and dozens of arrests.
The publisher calls the events ‘disturbing’ and a ‘deadly uprising’.
“We did not take this decision lightly,” the statement said. “As a publisher, it will always be our mission to strengthen a variety of voices and views: at the same time, we take our greater public responsibility as citizens seriously, and cannot support Senator Hawley for his role in a dangerous threat to our democracy. freedom. ‘
Hawley was one of two leading Republicans in an effort to oppose the certification of President Joe Biden Electoral College’s election, which raised unfounded claims of fraud encouraged by President Donald Trump.
He was looted by both sides for his role in the events on Wednesday – and continued to protest against the outcome of the Pennsylvania Electoral College, despite the violent offense. However, Congress confirmed that Biden had confirmed the violence in an early-morning vote Thursday.
Hawley has been an outspoken critic of social media and other technology giants, such as Facebook and Twitter. His book, “The Tyranny of Big Tech,” was to be released on June 21st.
“At a time when these platforms are holding elections, banning awkward political views, filling politicians’ pockets with hundreds of millions of dollars and enslaving our children to screens, I want to draw attention to the robber barons of the modern era,” Hawley said. said in a October statement announcing the book.
