House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer applauded Facebook Inc's decision to maintain its suspension of Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, saying it has the right to refuse to be a medium for the former Republican president.
Mr. Hoyer argued former President Donald Trump backed a $2 trillion infrastructure package last year, even if the ex-president failed to draw in the lines, so it isn’t wild to ask the GOP to back Mr. Biden‘s push a $2.3 trillion investment in infrastructure.
Mr. Biden is hitting the road to promote his plan and a $1.8 trillion “families” plan, though Republicans have balked at the price tag. They say it is loaded down with a liberal wish list and should be pared down.
“They have a more limited view of what infrastructure is,” Mr. Hoyer said.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colorado Republican, introduced a plan America’s Infrastructure Modernization Act (AIM) late Tuesday to fund what she considers to be “real” infrastructure.
5 May 2021
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) criticized Republicans seeking to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) as Republican Conference Chair, calling the Wyoming lawmaker both “principled” and devoted to “truth.”
“I think Liz Cheney’s greatest offense apparently is she is principled and she believes in the truth,” Hoyer told the
Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty on Wednesday.
“She’s obviously a very conservative Republican from the state of Wyoming, so it’s not a question of ideology,” Hoyer continued, contending it is a “question of cult.”
“It’s a question of cult of personality that if you’re not 1,000 percent for Donald Trump, somehow you’re not a good Republican, you’re not worthy of being in the leadership,” he said.
Republicans: Break Up Big Tech After Facebook Board Upholds Trump Ban
Democrats cheer board s decision, call for ban to be made permanent
Congressional Republicans on May 5, upset with the decision by Facebook’s Oversight Board to uphold the company’s ban of former President Donald Trump, said they’d work to curb the technology giant’s power.
“Break them up,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, said in reaction to the decision.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said the decision was “a real-life example of the tyranny of Big Tech” before echoing Jordan.
Republicans have increasingly turned critical of technology giants such as Facebook as more evidence emerges showing bias against conservatives.