Remember when the internet died on June 11, 2018? Neither do we. But if you had listened to any member of the Democratic Party who commented on the subject at the time, that was the day Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai destroyed the internet with the rescission of former President Barack Obama‘s “net neutrality” regulation.

“Ending net neutrality ends the internet as we know it,” Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) warned months before Pai’s move. “Ending net neutrality will allow massive corporations to smother startups and innovation,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) added. Yadda, yadda.