{"id":1439190,"date":"2022-04-14T21:45:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T01:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1439190"},"modified":"2022-04-14T21:45:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T01:45:18","slug":"exclusive-rep-sabatini-left-having-absolute-mental-breakdown-over-free-speech-being-allowed-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-sabatini-left-having-absolute-mental-breakdown-over-free-speech-being-allowed-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive \u2014 Rep. Sabatini: Left Having \u2018Absolute Mental Breakdown\u2019 Over Free Speech Being Allowed on Twitter"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fexclusive-rep-sabatini-left-having-absolute-mental-breakdown-over-free-speech-being-allowed-on-twitter%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=1439190&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Florida-Rep-Anthony-Sabatini-apr28-2021-ap-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>Following Tesla CEO Elon Musk\u2019s recent offer to purchase social media giant Twitter in order to restore free speech across the platform, U.S. congressional candidate and state Rep. Anthony Sabatini (R-FL) accused the left of only supporting free speech \u201cthey agree with\u201d while \u201cfreaking out\u201d over the possibility of free speech on the right, claiming they are \u201chaving an absolute mental breakdown\u201d over Musk\u2019s move.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Thursday, Florida Rep. Anthony Sabatini (R-Howey-in-the-Hills) explained the power that lay behind Big Tech platforms after Musk reportedly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2022\/04\/14\/elon-musk-offers-to-buy-100-percent-of-twitter-restore-free-speech\/\"><span>offered<\/span><\/a><span> to buy 100 percent of Twitter stock.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cRepublicans will never have real power in this country as long as Big Tech continues its hegemonic dominance in the country and our political sphere mainly,\u201d he said. \u201cSo it\u2019s important we do everything we can to fight it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He then listed those steps that could be taken to fight back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think there are some important legal things we need to do like pushing forward common-carrier legislation, yanking section 230 protection for these companies and of course going as far as breaking up Big Tech into smaller independent pieces. I think that\u2019s an important step to take.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cBut I think there are other asymmetric things we need to be encouraging, including getting conservatives to come up with alternatives to these dominant sites,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sabatini expressed approval for Musk\u2019s offer, adding it could prove a \u201cmajor step\u201d in the struggle for free speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOf course, it\u2019s great to see what Elon Musk is doing,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is just like an anomaly \u2014 if we could have really a purist free speech advocate just simply outright buy one of these companies, which is sort of unimaginable, that\u2019s also really a major step forward in restoring free speech in this country.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut there are other things we need to be doing legally in the meantime,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Asked why he thought liberals were concerned over Musk\u2019s possible Twitter purchase, Sabatini pointed to the fear over right wing sentiment resonating with Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cBecause the left knows when you have free speech conservatives benefit from that, people hear the message from the right, from the America First populist movement, and common sense America First ideas resonate with the American people,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo what they had to do is cut off the flow of information,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Sabatini also claimed liberals \u201creally hate free speech.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey think free speech is truly the biggest problem in America today \u2013 that people are able to say what they want, think what they want to, feel what they want,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Florida Republican accused the left of intimidating people to adopt the \u201ccorrect\u201d opinions.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you don\u2019t have the \u2018correct\u2019 views, \u2018correct\u2019 opinions \u2014 politically correct, that is their version of correct \u2014 then you\u2019re in for a dangerous spot,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re going in a dangerous direction, so it\u2019s just it\u2019s a power game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Attributing former President Donald Trump\u2019s 2016 victory to \u201ca free flow of information,\u201d Sabatini expressed his belief there was \u201cmassive, massive election interference.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think the 2020 election was stolen but I also think it would\u2019ve been impossible for them to steal it if Big Tech did not play the role it played independent of everything else that happened regarding the election,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo, I think when you have a free speech culture in the country again, Big Tech stepping out of the way, I think Donald Trump-affiliated candidates are going to surge,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He then accused Big tech of being \u201cthe biggest interference in American elections in the country today.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe left is freaking out because we\u2019re going back to 2016 when people could talk openly about Clinton corruption etc. like they were not able to do in the 2020 election, where things were shadow banned, taken down and removed and distorted,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe things the left always accuse others of are the exact practices in which they are engaged,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd in this case manipulation and choking off of information is what they are engaged in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to Sabatini, Big Tech \u201chas a stranglehold on information and it actually uses a chilling effect \u2014 it has a way of chilling free speech because people think they might get thrown off if they say this or if they distribute this piece of information.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo people end up self-censoring based on the power and prior evil acts of Big tech,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is what helps the left win on a multitude of different issues.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As a result, now that \u201cthey know there is the potential that Elon Musk can buy Twitter and restore free speech and give everyone a viewpoint, they know they have a lot to lose,\u201d he said, \u201cand that\u2019s why they are having an absolute mental breakdown over this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Such a move on the part of Musk, he claimed, has the potential \u201cto be a massive seismic event to happen in politics in years.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you think about it, people underestimate what Twitter really is,\u201d he said. \u201cTwitter is the centrifuge \u2014 it\u2019s like the major conduit to a lot of the most important \u2018correct\u2019 opinions, and so by controlling it, you\u2019re controlling information flow in every industry, any kind of a determinative industry in the world, whether it be politics or economy or whatever,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd this is like a hostile takeover, it\u2019s pretty interesting,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a>.<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Tesla CEO Elon Musk\u2019s recent offer to purchase social media giant Twitter in order to restore free speech across the platform, U.S. congressional candidate and state Rep. 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