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>> harris: you know what? bringing that right back to the point that douglas made, nameless and faceless is what sean is saying. it reminds me of the bots that must being. who thinks it was only happening at twitter? >> it had a lot of power. but other social media platforms did as well and continue to have that power. twitter and facebook and others were able to lock out of the accounts the account of america's oldest newspaper, the "new york post." if they could do that, they have the kind of power that the traditional press never had. a newspaper could decide what it ran in its pages but no...

And it wasn't against the policy. the question is why did you take it down if you had no reason of a violation to remove it? i think this goes, two points jordan is trying to make. one you are making a political contribution to joe biden by suppressing the story and you can't make a millions of dollar contribution and removing this story from one of the main platforms of the public square in america? that's one issue. the second issue he brought up last was he is showing the connection between the federal government, f.b.i. and twitter. and it begs the question how did the congress respond aft...

Rights. >> harris: we have a democrat connolly of virginia who wants to talk about the suppression of former president trump tweets. let's watch. >> certainly none i'm aware of no. >> i don't recall anything like that. >> i'm sorry, president biden did what, sir? >> has joe biden ever called twitter to your knowledge or his white house on his behalf to take down content or urge you to take down content? >> i don't know the answer to that question, sir. >> well, i will have to conclude from three of the four now there is no evidence you've ever done that but plenty of evidence donald trump trie...

Platform today, isn't it? >> regrettably yes, it is. >> despite inspiring a bomb threat due to the right wing incitement of violence against trans americans in this country because they cannot let go of this obsession with fixating violence and inciting violence against trans and lgtb people in addition to immigrants and women of color. the party cannot pick on anyone their own size and they are trying to call off an entire social media platform and use the power of this committee and congress in order to pursue a political agenda. i yield back. >> chair recognizes mr. frye for five minutes. >...

>> yes. you look at china and we all understand that it is a threat. you now have speaker kevin mccarthy put together a select china committee to take it seriously for the first time in years compiling members from all committees to look at all of the things china is invading airspace with a balloon. buying up space in the bahamas and either side of the panama canal. farm area in the united states of america. collecting intellectual propertyment looking at us through tiktok or other means of social media. for the first time we have a committee that is truly taking that seriously. my hat is off...