Vance-Walz spar over abortion, censorship, ‘historic immigration crisis' in VP debate
3. Candidates debate the threat of censorship
When asked about efforts to contest the results of the 2020 presidential election, Vance pivoted to talking about what he portrayed as a “threat to democracy,” referring to “the threat of censorship.” Vance lamented the phenomenon of “Americans casting aside lifelong friendships because of disagreements over politics” and “big technology companies silencing their fellow citizens.”
Vance also slammed efforts to “censor people who engage in misinformation.” The vice presidential hopeful remarked, “I think that is a much bigger threat to democracy than anything that we’ve seen in this country in the last four years and the last 40 years.”
“Kamala Harris is engaged in censorship at an industrial scale,” Vance warned. Walz then defended what he characterized as attempts to “stop people from … threatening to kill someone.”
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“That’s not censorship, censorship is book banning,” Walz said defensively, referring to the movement to remove books with sexually explicit material, including the promotion of pedophilia, from public school libraries and curriculum.
Vance countered by doubling down on his concerns about the Democratic ticket’s beliefs when it comes to censorship: “You yourself have said there’s no First Amendment right to misinformation. Kamala Harris wants to use the power of government and big tech to silence people from speaking their minds.”
As Vance spoke, Walz sought to clarify that his desire to limit speech was restricted to “threatening or hate speech.” Vance then provided an example of the censorship he was talking about: “You guys wanted to kick people off of Facebook for saying that toddlers shouldn’t wear masks.”
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
