{"id":1651640,"date":"2022-09-21T15:32:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T19:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1651640"},"modified":"2022-09-21T15:33:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T19:33:50","slug":"will-fake-news-purveyor-catherine-cortez-masto-vote-to-confirm-bidens-radical-fcc-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-fake-news-purveyor-catherine-cortez-masto-vote-to-confirm-bidens-radical-fcc-nominee\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Fake News Purveyor Catherine Cortez Masto Vote To Confirm Biden\u2019s Radical FCC Nominee?"},"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-fake-news-purveyor-catherine-cortez-masto-vote-to-confirm-bidens-radical-fcc-nominee%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=1651640&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--><p>Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., has campaigned on her vote to pass President Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/28\/the-dems-new-proposal-does-nothing-to-lower-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dubiously named<\/a> \u201cInflation Reduction Act\u201d this summer, falsely claiming the bill would bring down the deficit and serve as a model of fiscal responsibility. <\/p>\n<p>Between August and September, the Western Democrat, who is considered one of the most vulnerable incumbents this November, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=from%3Asencortezmasto%20deficit&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a> at least <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=from%3Acortezmasto%20deficit&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10 times<\/a> that the colossal legislation will cut the deficit \u2014 but that\u2019s just not true. Don\u2019t count on Cortez Masto\u2019s posts being flagged by Big Tech for disinformation, however. Instead, count on Cortez Masto casting the deciding vote on Biden\u2019s radical pro-censorship nominee for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Gigi Sohn, whose record of demanding overt censorship of dissenting voices precedes her.<\/p>\n<p>As one example of Cortez Masto\u2019s misinformation-peddling, the Democrat wrote in an Aug. 8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CortezMasto\/status\/1556760915848048640?s=20&amp;t=9tF6Qo9wH7rETBeJBpBEWw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweet<\/a>: \u201cThe Inflation Reduction Act reduces the deficit by $300 billion. This is a critical first step for our families dealing with rising prices \u2013 and I\u2019ll keep working in the Senate to lower costs for Nevadans.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CortezMasto\/status\/1556760915848048640?s=20&amp;t=du25_M7exIV2MDc4ObL4iA\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>But the \u201cInflation Reduction Act\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/28\/the-dems-new-proposal-does-nothing-to-lower-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">does nothing to fight inflation<\/a>, and certainly doesn\u2019t lower the deficit by \u201c$300 billion.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>On the contrary, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atr.org\/new-cbo-score-inflation-reduction-act-increases-deficit-through-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">analysis <\/a>from the conservative fiscal group Americans for Tax Reform estimates, based on numbers from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), that President Joe Biden\u2019s latest spending package would contribute $25 billion to the deficit over the next five years. To be fair, Cortez Masto\u2019s initial post came two days after the CBO\u2019s initial scoring of the bill published on Aug. 5, in which the government agency estimated an $18 billion deficit reduction, according to Americans for Tax Reform. One month later, however, a revised analysis upped that number to a $25 billion deficit increase \u2014 in either case, a far cry from the $300 billion reduction Cortez Masto claimed from her campaign Twitter account. <\/p>\n<p>Chris Jacobs, the founder and CEO of the Juniper Research Group and frequent Federalist contributor, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/20\/cbo-report-democrats-latest-spending-spree-will-make-inflation-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outlined<\/a> on Tuesday how the bill will only exacerbate inflation and add to the deficit. Estimates by Democrats claiming deficit reduction, Jacobs explained, rely on problematic assumptions made to sell the bill to voters as a well-conceived measure to bring the nation\u2019s finances in order. Those assumptions include budget gimmicks, the expiration of Obamacare subsidies, and a spike in tax collections from the \u201cInternal Revenue Service\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/29\/build-back-better-bill-would-fund-86000-additional-irs-agents-to-sic-on-american-taxpayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new army of auditors<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo put it more bluntly,\u201d Jacobs wrote, \u201cThe law can only reduce the deficit if the IRS can investigate, audit, and harass enough Americans to generate additional buckets of cash for Washington to spend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But again, don\u2019t count on Silicon Valley Giants flagging the senator\u2019s posts for fake news, which brings us back to the FCC and Sohn.<\/p>\n<p>Sohn, an American attorney and former agency staffer under the Obama administration was nominated for a seat on the Federal Communications Commission in October. And given her pro-censorship background, Sohn is the perfect nominee for an administration that almost created a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/3472878-joe-bidens-ministry-of-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ministry of Truth<\/a>.\u201d Sohn has <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/18\/bidens-fcc-commissioner-nominee-gigi-sohn-wants-to-nuke-right-leaning-broadcasters-from-air\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">questioned<\/a> whether conservative media should maintain their broadcasting licenses and has called Fox News \u201cstate-sponsored propaganda.\u201d The nominee to the influential communications commission also complained that lawmakers paid too much attention to the expansion of broadband to rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolicymakers,\u201d Sohn said in <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/IF\/IF16\/20200129\/110416\/HHRG-116-IF16-Wstate-SohnG-20200129.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">written testimony<\/a>, \u201chave focused disproportionately on broadband deployment in rural areas of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Never mind that rural Americans are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2021\/08\/19\/some-digital-divides-persist-between-rural-urban-and-suburban-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most underserved<\/a> when it comes to high-speed internet connectivity. Good luck to rural Nevadans getting high-speed internet with Sohn at the helm of the FCC. <\/p>\n<p>Cortez Masto has not yet committed to a decision on Sohn\u2019s nomination, at least not publicly. The senator\u2019s office did not respond to The Federalist\u2019s inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Former Nevada Attorney General and Republican Senate nominee Adam Laxalt called on Cortez Masto to reject Sohn\u2019s confirmation last week, highlighting her opposition to the Fraternal Order of Police. The union, representing more than 330,000 law enforcement officials across the country, <a href=\"https:\/\/fop.net\/2022\/03\/gigi-sohn-fop-research-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">archived<\/a> a long list of her attacks on officers, with demands to defund police as a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/06\/03\/gigi-sohn-praised-billionaire-backed-dark-money-group-that-called-policing-a-violent-institution-that-must-end-as-riots-raged-in-portland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">violent institution<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSohn is an anti-police radical who has publicly supported defunding the police and repeatedly promoted social media posts attacking law enforcement,\u201d Laxalt said in a press release. \u201cAs the deciding vote in the U.S. Senate, the choice before Cortez Masto is clear: Will she stand with the cop-hating far-left or will she stand with our brave police officers and oppose Sohn\u2019s nomination?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/senate\/Nevada.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According <\/a>to the latest aggregate of polls by RealClearPolitics, the Nevada Senate race remains a tight contest two months before November, with Laxalt up by a mere 1 percent. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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