Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14) wants a federal investigation in Arizona where Kari Lake is disputing results of the gubernatorial election against Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, whose office reports preliminary results that Hobbs has won 50.3 percent to 49.6 percent. Greene’s call was also a reaction to a post of emails showing that Hobbs’ office reported misinformation tweets to Twitter on January 7, 2021.
“The SOS of AZ and Gov candidate, Katie Hobbs, used the power of the AZ SOS to collude w/ Twitter to unconstitutionally violate 1st Amendment rights of Americans for her own political gain. This is communism and Hobbs can not be governor. I’m calling for a Federal investigation,” Greene tweeted Sunday morning.
The SOS of AZ and Gov candidate, Katie Hobbs, used the power of the AZ SOS to collude w/ Twitter to unconstitutionally violate 1st Amendment rights of Americans for her own political gain.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) December 4, 2022
This is communism and Hobbs can not be governor.
I’m calling for a Federal investigation. https://t.co/NvYpbVDuZZ
On Sunday, One America News Reporter Christina Bobb tweeted a screenshot of redacted emails from exhibits in Missouri v. Biden, a lawsuit where the Missouri and Louisiana attorneys general allege that President Joe Biden and other top government officials used social media to suppress free speech. The email came amid heightened attention to social media posts the day after the deadly January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, and the email chain was begun with a report sent by a redacted account at “azsos.gov” to the Center for Internet Security, which shared the emails with accounts at Twitter and the Department of Homeland Security.
By Eric Burk