{"id":1285166,"date":"2022-02-09T12:38:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T17:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1285166"},"modified":"2022-02-09T12:38:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T17:38:41","slug":"will-you-publicly-disavow-republicans-grill-biden-fcc-nominee-on-history-of-left-wing-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-you-publicly-disavow-republicans-grill-biden-fcc-nominee-on-history-of-left-wing-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Will You Publicly Disavow?\u2019: Republicans Grill Biden FCC Nominee On History Of Left-Wing Activism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwill-you-publicly-disavow-republicans-grill-biden-fcc-nominee-on-history-of-left-wing-activism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1285166&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Republican members of the Senate Commerce Committee grilled Gigi Sohn, President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), at a hearing Wednesday, questioning her history as a left-wing activist.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn questioned Sohn\u2019s affiliations with two activist groups, Fight For the Future (FFTF) and Free Press, who Blackburn said have incited violence and harassment against elected officials, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-switch\/wp\/2017\/11\/27\/fcc-chairman-ajit-pai-says-his-children-are-being-harassed-over-net-neutrality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">citing<\/a> an instance in which former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai was harassed and threatened by net neutrality activists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is of concern to me, because you have tweeted support for these groups. You have made donations to these groups, and then you have been a public interest advocate for the issues; you share the sentiment that these groups are pushing forward because you have advocated for that,\u201d Blackburn said. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/26\/gigi-sohn-fcc-locast-roger-wicker-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden\u2019s FCC Pick Gigi Sohn Cut Sweetheart Deal With Broadcasters One Day After Nomination)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sohn has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gigibsohn\/status\/1076242950777122816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voiced<\/a> her support for FFTF and Free Press, acknowledging she donates to the groups and applauding them for the \u201cgreat work\u201d they do. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/440317951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a> with FFTF director Evan Greer, Sohn thanked the organization for its work.<\/p>\n<p>Sohn claimed she was in \u201cno way affiliated with those groups\u201d in response to Blackburn\u2019s questions, but acknowledged that she had made \u201ccontributions\u201d due to their advocacy work, before acknowledging she was, in fact, affiliated with them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all affiliated with organizations that do things we don\u2019t like,\u201d Sohn said.<\/p>\n<p>Fight For the Future sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/news\/2022-02-03-letter-to-democratic-leadership-remove-senator-cantwell-as-chair-of-commerce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a> to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last week calling for Democratic Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell, who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee, to be removed from her leadership position due to delays in Sohn\u2019s confirmation, while Free Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepress.net\/news\/press-releases\/senate-commerce-chairwoman-cantwell-caves-gop-and-industry-pressure-calls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">insinuated<\/a> Cantwell may be complicit in obstructing Sohn\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn pressed Sohn on her affiliations with the groups, asking her to \u201cpublicly disavow\u201d them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother group put up build boards and public materials calling Sen. [Kyrsten] Sinema, who is a member of this committee, a \u2018telecom shill\u2019 and corrupt, and another calling for Sen. Cantwell as pandering to the industry, and what I want to know is will you publicly disavow these organizations like Fight For the Future and Free Press, who spearheaded these efforts?\u201d Blackburn asked.<\/p>\n<p>Sohn did not disavow the groups, but said she does not \u201cagree with those tactics\u201d and that she has told the groups her feelings on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican members of the Senate Commerce Committee grilled Gigi Sohn, President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), at a hearing Wednesday, questioning her history as a left-wing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1285166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1285166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1285166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1285166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1285166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}