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  • 2021-05-28 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Matt Gaetz Say 'We Better Use' the 2nd Amendment When Discussing Social Media Companies? (en)
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  • During a rally on May 27, 2021, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, made remarks that earned him condemnation, particularly in light of the fact that U.S. Senate Republicans voted on May 28 to block a bipartisan committee to study the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Gaetz's fellow Republican House member, U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Illinois, for example, accused Gaetz of inciting violence: Gaetz, who is under investigation in a federal sex trafficking probe, stated during the rally in Dalton, Georgia: Video of Gaetz' comment can be viewed here: It's not the first time Gaetz has made such a remark. Although he had been railing against alleged speech suppression on social media platforms, Gaetz posted a similar statement on May 28 to Twitter: He also made a similar statement on May 7, 2021, during a rally in Florida. Gaetz has been holding rallies with fellow U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, a Qanon conspiracy theory supporter who won her seat representing Georgia's 14th Congressional District after running unopposed in 2020. Both Greene and Gaetz are vocal promoters of former U.S. President Donald Trump, who incited the attack on the Capitol with a disinformation campaign falsely alleging the election was stolen via a mass-scale voter fraud conspiracy. Four people died that day, and three police officers who defended the Capitol died in the days after. Roughly 140 police officers were injured, some seriously. As a result of this violence, Trump has been banned by mainstream social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. (en)
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