Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) told podcast host Shawn Ryan that a Trump-Vance administration is ready and willing to tell government censors "You’re fired!"
Vance joined Ryan for a recent sit-down conversation, during which the pair discussed what a Trump-Vance administration’s policies on censorship might look like. Ryan asked whether there would be repercussions for those in administrative agencies who have actively worked to censor Americans, to which Vance responded with a resounding “yes.” He said, “We are going to fire the people who censored. We are going to fire the people who were telling Mark Zuckerberg and all the other technology companies they needed to censor.” Vance also explained how he and Trump would approach promoting free speech internationally.
The vice presidential candidate also noted that many of the 51 former intelligence operatives who said the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation “still have security clearances.” He suggested that a Trump-Vance administration would “strip every single one of those people of their security clearances, fire every single person.” He added, “You cannot lie, take your position of public trust and lie to the American people for political purposes. It’s disgraceful and people will have to suffer consequences for it.”
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When asked about the rise in censorship imposed abroad, Vance shared some potential foreign policies that could protect free speech. “We've got to be willing to be able to use American soft power to promote a free speech society,” he said.
Vance gave the example of leveraging NATO to defend free speech. “What America should be saying is ‘If NATO wants us to continue supporting them and NATO wants us to continue to be a good participant in this military alliance, why don't you respect American values and respect Free Speech?'” Vance said.
He continued, “It’s insane that we would support a military alliance if that military alliance isn't going to be pro-free speech. I think we can do both but we’ve got to say American power comes with certain strings attached, and one of those is, respect free speech. Especially our European allies.”
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Vance argued that European allies of the United States should theoretically share American values especially when it comes to very basic things like free speech. However, that is not the case in many places, as Vance and Ryan noted. For example, Thierry Breton, who formerly served as Commissioner for Internal Market for the European Union sent Musk what some have referred to as a ‘harmful content’ letter. Following the disclosure of the letter he quickly resigned, facing pressure from European governments.
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