Republican Sen. Mike Lee fired back at his Democratic colleague, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, after she attempted to link supporters of President Trump to violence surrounding disputed election results.
“The only violence that I’m aware of has occurred in connection with antifa — antifa’s response to pro-Trump peaceful rally attenders,” Lee said during a Senate hearing in response to censorship on social media platforms in recent months.
WATCH: Sen. Lee fact checks Sen. Feinstein in real time on Antifa violence. pic.twitter.com/08YeuNaHuZ
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) November 17, 2020
The Utah Republican’s comment comes days after reported Black Lives Matter and antifa members could be seen in several viral videos calling for violence and openly assaulting and stealing property from Trump supporters leaving the “Million MAGA March” in Washington.
Lee added that social media platforms are “taking a very distinctively partisan approach, and not a neutral one, to election-related content moderation.”
Sen. Mike Lee calls out tech CEOs for “very distinctively partisan approach” in censoring
pic.twitter.com/fOE0Ovo3WV— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) November 17, 2020
Lee also rejected the notion that several cases of tech censorship of conservatives have been “mistakes.”
“When Facebook employees give 92.8% of their political $ to Dems, & Twitter employees give 99.3%, it’s hard to believe that all their ‘mistakes’ silencing conservatives are an accident,” Lee tweeted along with his full remarks at the Senate hearing Tuesday.
When Facebook employees give 92.8% of their political $ to Dems, & Twitter employees give 99.3%, it’s hard to believe that all their “mistakes” silencing conservatives are an accident. https://t.co/Oz9tpvbhIZ
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) November 17, 2020
Conservatives on Twitter reacted with delight in response to Lee’s line of questioning.
“Oh man, @SenMikeLee came with the receipts ready!!” conservative radio host Dan Bongino tweeted.
Oh man, @SenMikeLee came with the receipts ready!! ???https://t.co/2w4FjlmvaF
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) November 17, 2020
“The election interference waged by Silicon Valley tech giants against President @realDonaldTrump and the @GOP is an absolute attack on our Democracy,” senior Trump adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle tweeted.
The election interference waged by Silicon Valley tech giants against President @realDonaldTrump and the @GOP is an absolute attack on our Democracy. https://t.co/y6R3aumoxG
— Kimberly Guilfoyle (@kimguilfoyle) November 17, 2020
Lee was one of several Republicans to criticize Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over tech censorship, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley.
