At Twitter Files Hearing, Democrats Attack Journalists
The behavior of Democrats on the committee Thursday is part of a gradual evolution for a political party that historically defended the principle of free speech and the First Amendment.
For the four years that President Trump occupied the White House, the Democrats positioned themselves as the party that defended the press from a president who delighted in skewering reporters.
On Thursday that narrative flipped. At a hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of Government, Democratic lawmakers attacked the motives and character of two journalists called as witnesses, Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger.
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