Staff Reports
In a shocking revelation that further exposes the Biden administration’s authoritarian tendencies, newly subpoenaed emails by the House Judiciary Committee show that their censorship regime extended all the way to Amazon, the world’s largest retailer.
According to Republican Representative Jim Jordan, former Biden official Andy Slavitt exerted pressure on Amazon to censor books that dared to question the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. This is absolutely chilling. It begs the question: Is there anything this administration won’t do to silence dissenting voices?
THE AMAZON FILES – “feeling pressure from the White House”
Internal docs subpoenaed by @JudiciaryGOP & @Weaponization indicate that @amazon bowed down to Biden White House pressure to censor BOOKS.
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— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) February 5, 2024
The emails reveal an Amazon worker’s concern, asking if the administration wants books removed or if they are more concerned about manipulating search results. It’s clear that the Biden administration had no qualms about using their power to coerce a private company into censoring content that they found politically inconvenient.
This is a blatant violation of our First Amendment rights. The Biden administration has no authority to dictate what books we can read or what information we have access to. It’s a slippery slope towards government control and the erosion of our freedoms.
And let’s not forget the hypocrisy of the left. While they gleefully support censorship when it aligns with their own agenda, they throw a fit when schools in Florida ban explicit material that falls under the broad umbrella of freedom of speech. It’s clear that for the left, freedom of speech only applies to their own narrative.
Thankfully, court rulings have put a temporary halt to the Biden administration’s censorship regime, but we must remain vigilant. It’s disturbingly Orwellian for the executive branch to pressure retailers to alter search results and sales of books. We cannot allow this infringement on our freedom of expression to continue.
It is vital that we stand up against this assault on our constitutional rights and hold the Biden administration accountable for their actions. The American people deserve transparency and the ability to make informed decisions without government interference. Let’s not let Big Brother dictate what we can and cannot read.
