McCarthy dismisses House Democratic tech antitrust bills

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday blasted a batch of six bipartisan antitrust tech bills that have some Republican support, saying the proposals would give more control of the internet to the federal government.

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The six bills, targeting tech giants Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and Google, are being spearheaded by a bipartisan group on the House Judiciary Committee. It’s the largest antitrust push by Congress in years, but Republicans find themselves fighting among each other over the legislation.

“Nothing in those bills do anything to the censorship of what has happened to the conservative voice,” McCarthy said about the package headed by Rep. David Cicilline, a Rhode Island Democrat.

McCarthy said Cicilline “actually wanted to remove President Trump from Twitter even earlier, empower an individual, the FTC, to control what is said.”

Cicilline and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a progessive Democrat from Washington, found common ground on the antitrust push with GOP Reps. Ken Buck of Colorado, Matt Gaetz of Florida, and Lance Gooden of Texas.

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee and a prominent Freedom Caucus figure, took issue with the antitrust legislation.

“We’ve got a beef with all Big Tech in the sense of the censorship they have of conservatives now,” Jordan said on Fox Business Tuesday. Jordan added that the bills come from “four impeachment managers.”

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Buck, though, took issue with Jordan’s stance and tweeted at the Ohio Republican, saying, “Using antitrust laws to stop Big Tech’s bad behavior isn’t Big Government, it’s law enforcement.”

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