But what government cannot do is force private entities to take actions that the government cannot take directly. Government officials threatening adverse consequences for disfavored content is an unconstitutional coercion that chills protected speech. This is why it was so insidious, how the Biden administration jawboned social media into shutting down conservatives online over accurate information on Covid or voter fraud. My Democrat colleagues were persistently silent over that scandal, but I welcome them now, having discovered the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights. (01:49–02:04)
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Asserts that the Biden administration pressured social media to censor conservative views on Covid and voter fraud.
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