Jim Jordan Grills FTC Chair Lina Khan About 'Disinformation' And 'Sustained Attack On Twitter'

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11 ай бұрын

At today's House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) questioned FTC Chair Lina Khan about her approach to Twitter and the nature of disinformation.
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@dwheel39 11 ай бұрын

She said absolutely nothing.

@truepatriots3860 11 ай бұрын

Agreed

@ghosty426 11 ай бұрын

Some Witnesses have even lied under Oath without any punishments.

@jerry42023 11 ай бұрын

Exactly what she was told to do.

@tomaskling2429 11 ай бұрын

Which means that they consider anything that goes against their political propaganda is "disinformation"

@johnherold7289 11 ай бұрын

Sorry, Just because a g.o.p. Hack/Candidate says it AGAIN! Doesn't mean it's TRUE! In FACT, it's just the g.o.p. POINTING/ giving U.S. the finger AGAIN! You see, they're WALLOWING in the: G RAND O LD P OTTY! Using our Top Secret TOILET paper! Where's the Charmin g.o.p.? That's NOT Just saying it, g.o.p! Their going to PROVE IT! And ALL of U.S. know it! GIVE U.S A BREAK g.o.p! Try being really RIGHT! At this POINT, you're just Making U.S. LOL AGAIN!

@The_Rob_D 11 ай бұрын

“Congressman, our job at the FTC is not to answer any of your questions. But instead grandstand and filibuster your time.”

@stripedrajang3571 11 ай бұрын

😂

@cdgolem 11 ай бұрын

You forgot, "Congressman, thank you for that question..."

@NopeNoWay-us2jk 11 ай бұрын

@@cdgolemdidn’t jim Jordan do absolutely nothing while he was aware of girls being abused at the college he worked at? Weird you freaks worship him now 😂

@loganwill-ut2ge 10 ай бұрын

Another person fraudulent with tax payers money

@georgewilson4245 17 күн бұрын

I was watching President Trump’s rally speech and: “what does Electric Car and Shark has to do with the policy if he is re-elected?” Is he ok? Dementia?

@robertnewman4072 11 ай бұрын

Why would anyone think that these lawyers would ever tell the truth,or give a straight answer?

@PantherCrane 11 ай бұрын

She’s a Lawyer?

@Lukas-mb9lw 11 ай бұрын

@@PantherCrane Well, she lies like a lawyer, she filibuster like a lawyer so my guess, yeah.

@tylerao 11 ай бұрын

@@Lukas-mb9lwher license lapsed a few years ago, but she still claims to be a lawyer . She was called out on it yesterday, with records showing the facts

@philobetto5106 11 ай бұрын

@@PantherCrane She is not, nor will ever be a lawyer now the truth is out she is facing reprimand

@jamess6853 11 ай бұрын

Lawyer, licensed or not, it's their job to keep us (or them in this case) out of jail, guilty or not. Sad they can still talk their way out of the shtstorm they brewed up.

@lawrencethompson127 11 ай бұрын

Her refusal to answer "Who makes this decision" means that she is complicit in this effort to censor conservative speech.

@tommas2674 11 ай бұрын

it will be ALL speech by ALL CITIZENS! the people who created the caste system! They bring it with them. The Europeans that came through Elis Island LOVED what America basis was, others come to bring their crap and we are almost finished off. America was NOT an experiment. and the blackmail of "racist" from the real racist is evil.

@jan_phd 11 ай бұрын

And at the end she says only a collective of people can hold a single owner straight. She hate's Musk... it's personal.

@Procopius464 11 ай бұрын

Exactly

@smokeyhoodoo 10 ай бұрын

@@jan_phd And she hates musk because he's an innovative white billionaire. That is the only thing this is about

@RawOlympia 6 ай бұрын

It is not even American. Why cannot USA put its own peopel in places of power? It isn't even bright.

@jamesrobbins26 11 ай бұрын

She is shooting all kinds of flak to keep from answering the questions. It's always double talk so the government employees can keep doing what they've been doing.

@eldestgurl1900 11 ай бұрын

That’s plausible deniability and skirting the real issues with lots of babble and high hopes of pulling it off in front of the cameras.

@anni6050 11 ай бұрын

Hold her accountable for perjury.

@dannycaine1565 11 ай бұрын

Talk about a den of snakes. That swamp needs drained or it's the end of us.

@richardconwayy259 11 ай бұрын

Well said. I am starting to believe in Reptilians after all..

@lgbfjb1183 11 ай бұрын

Dodging questions always have 1 characteristic…. Lies … or their own word "disinformation"

@kevinlampen2364 11 ай бұрын

They never answer the question...never ..

@TheDiftofz 11 ай бұрын

Well , she just said , “ we at the ftc Will censor the crap out of the right. “

@SumDumGy 11 ай бұрын

...and there’s an example of misinformation right there.

@TheDiftofz 11 ай бұрын

@@SumDumGy Read the very second reply . Then Figure out what is implied “ out loud “

@SumDumGy 11 ай бұрын

@@TheDiftofz There is no second reply. There’s your comment, my response, and yours to me.

@TheDiftofz 11 ай бұрын

@@SumDumGy it’s the reply of the main thread .

@SumDumGy 11 ай бұрын

@@TheDiftofz What main thread? I don’t know what you’re talking about. The bottom line is you quoted someone as saying something they did not. No matter the circumstances, that puts you in the wrong.

@WyomingParanormal 11 ай бұрын

If these people are caught in lies, they should immediately be arrested and go to jail.

@TimParker-Chambers 11 ай бұрын

It would be nice to see these people being told to shut up, then removed for being in contempt of the proceedings and charged with some manner of perjury... 🙏🙏🙏🙏

@MamaMOB 11 ай бұрын

Wouldn't it be nice to see our law actually put to use to protect us for once? I mean they use it against us all the time. If we lied under us like that we'd be under the jail.

@stripedrajang3571 11 ай бұрын

But did she lie? What did she lie about?

@daviru02 11 ай бұрын

@stripedrajang3571 She lied when she acted ignorant about the question Jim asked her. She's not stupid, but she lied to the American people when she acted like she was

@peteparadis1619 11 ай бұрын

Everything

@petermodaffari1142 11 ай бұрын

"It would be nice to see these people being told to shut up, then removed for being in contempt of the proceedings and charged with some manner of perjury.." Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding,!!!!!! BINGO!!!! We have a winner @TimParker-Chambers. Time to start locking these rotten lying Democrat scumbags up.

@unbreakable7633 11 ай бұрын

"Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against errors." -- Thomas Jefferson

@robertnewman4072 11 ай бұрын

Big Brother will decide what is misinformation or racisse!

@MamaMOB 11 ай бұрын

What is the point of questioning these people for just a few minutes under oath and then not doing anything about it when they refuse to answer and therefore lie under oath? When asked their own opinion they all of a sudden don't know what their opinion is. That's a lie by omission. Why are these people never held in contempt? Why do we watch them lie day in and day out and nothing happens to them? What's the point of this political theater?

@Del-Scent 11 ай бұрын

It's all about political grand standing .

@eldestgurl1900 11 ай бұрын

The general population of the USA doesn’t get that C[]lN@ is now in control of our government. They’re the ones doing all the threatening and manipulations of our captured government. Obama helped usher this in with his brilliant idea of plausible deniability! The CCP is unveiling itself to us now, if people would just look for them and pay attention to the background. Most are too busy to seek the truth and are satisfied with this liberal BS cuz the actual truth is too horrifying to fathom, so heads stuck in sand as they’re just trying to survive with their families.

@mattstrathis4328 11 ай бұрын

They want to normalize their authoritarian agenda and hope people are too stupid to notice.

@johnnyblade6088 11 ай бұрын

There is nothing complex about telling a straight, truthful answer.

@thatonetimeatbandcamp 11 ай бұрын

The FTC doesn't like Elon Musk. They ignored all this when it was held by Jack, but now it's in Elon's hands, they must fine tooth comb all his communications.

@truepatriots3860 11 ай бұрын

God Bless Jim Jordan.

@PamLumpkinLoving 11 ай бұрын

Thank you Jim Jordan Keep fighting for the people!

@fernandosanchez6576 11 ай бұрын

She truly knows how to say nothing with lots of words

@batalorian7997 11 ай бұрын

It's an art form

@victorseger6044 11 ай бұрын

She holds a graduate degree in deflection, rambling, and running out the clock from the Alejandro Mayorkas school of ineptness if that's even a word..

@SumDumGy 11 ай бұрын

Round and round and round... ending up exactly where it all started. My appreciation to so many who have come to testify before Congress and say nothing whatsoever.

@hemihead001 11 ай бұрын

That's rich . A Fake lawyer discussing fraud lol .

@ballsdeep5336 11 ай бұрын

When she made that post she wasn't talking about crypto currency she was talking about the plandemic covid

@legendofzoloxolo1425 11 ай бұрын

Hopefully these people are ashamed to go in public ever again

@stanfordjane64 11 ай бұрын

Thank YOI JIM JORDAN!!

@joey86bu1 11 ай бұрын

Hilarious when the people who assign themselves as gatekeepers become much worse than the problem they are "trying" to stop.

@kenm7179 11 ай бұрын

The guy censoring content on twitter was a pe do supporter.

@ThrockmortonJGildersleeve 11 ай бұрын

I just Khan't😂

@cosmicdispute88 11 ай бұрын

Her Comprehension skills are peaking 😂

@jimgallagher2979 11 ай бұрын

How did this woman become Chair of the FTC?

@jerry42023 11 ай бұрын

By being able to bs her way through any question.

@deeeee3685 11 ай бұрын

yes I believe is the answer 🤣🤣

@dutchreagan3676 11 ай бұрын

Ticking boxes ala Kamalahaha

@johnherold7289 11 ай бұрын

@richardjcranium 11 ай бұрын

She's in the "big club"

@amigaone777 11 ай бұрын

Probably the same people that told us that covid didn't come from a lab.

@dakotaslim 11 ай бұрын

Until these people are held in contempt of congress I can't see this as anything more than political theater.

@MaryEverling 11 ай бұрын

It's puts out there do the public can see it....

@maciek8159 11 ай бұрын

@@MaryEverlingWhat does that accomplish? Constructively? It just pisses people off more and despise and loose trust in the government. I don't see the point. They all talk in word salads never saying anything of substance. It's frustrating.

@MaryEverling 11 ай бұрын

@@maciek8159 And ?

@maciek8159 11 ай бұрын

@@MaryEverling its a waste of time and money

@BernadetteAnne907 11 ай бұрын

She sure knows how to do the dance 🤪🤬

@utet.4226 11 ай бұрын

She can't dance.

@comeonthegreens 11 ай бұрын

Lina clearly has no idea what she is talking about!

@Sid_Personal_ 11 ай бұрын

She is very good at saying nothing.

@mikelee9886 11 ай бұрын

This woman is incapable of understanding what he's talking about. The concept that people don't need the government deciding what is true or false for people is something she's never imagined or conceptualized. It's like trying to think of a new color you haven't seen yet.

@yepyep340 11 ай бұрын

Still walking around looking like a Popsicle with that UV light stick out your ass huh.

@kicnbac 11 ай бұрын

She knows exactly what Jordan is saying. She doesn't want to answer.

@NadirMuzaffar 11 ай бұрын

Pretty sure it's Jim Jordan not understanding what she's saying. She's saying FTC makes it hard for anyone to have a monopoly. So that way there are lots of twitters. And next time if dems try to suppress shit - the conservatives can jump ship to another platform who wants them.

@doctordemento965 11 ай бұрын

@@kicnbac YEP. She's deflecting. All they've been doing in every... single... hearing.

@GenHornhead 11 ай бұрын

Agree that she understands the questions, as do many of the witnesses who testify and recite non-responsive answers crafted to cover their butts while containing little actual substance.

@user-pn4uq6fg6r 11 ай бұрын

The way she responds, this going nowhere

@gschneyer 11 ай бұрын

Notice how she doesn’t actually answer the questions, just focus group speak

@gregorycraig4512 11 ай бұрын

So according to her response,,those who have the power decideds what is true

@peterwookie7779 11 ай бұрын

new rule. if they cant answer the question... they get fired.

@laurieann6213 11 ай бұрын

Consequences? Any ?ever? Words n they don’t care? Why should they? They still get away n do everything the same. Little paws u naughty children shouldn’t do that n end of problem

@angelofamillionyears4599 11 ай бұрын

Lisa has an expired Law license. !!

@Dr.Cosmar 11 ай бұрын

Just kick her out... "congressman i'm glad to have the opprotunity...." Me: "No, contempt of congress, i'm tired of your lies, and so is everyone else, you might not exactly know, but you are covering. This is subterfuge... shut up.... weather that be your position, or your boss, you better think long and hard if either of those are worth the price of allowing your government to silence you."

@georgewilson4245 17 күн бұрын

It's simple: FACTS and not Alternative Facts (aka lies).

@johnnyblade6088 11 ай бұрын

All government agencies need to be transparent, not the public. We the public have the right to privacy, not governments. So when government does not obey laws, then we have no laws.

@Schneiw 11 ай бұрын

I don't recall voting for these FTC members. DEFUND DEFUND DISBAND

@hernancanas3849 16 күн бұрын

Why such a crooked chair Khan is holding a so important office??

@johnsmith-ug5tp 11 ай бұрын

Throw this domestic enemy in gitmo!

@bddmhopp5 11 ай бұрын

Scary Poppins decides on what is disinformation…

@Procopius464 11 ай бұрын

Since she won't answer the question, it means she is the one making those decisions, or part of the organization that does.

@robertcaldwell7571 11 ай бұрын

How is it, that a person born in London to Pakistani parents becomes a high ranking person in American government? Who's team is she on? Is she even an American citizen? And, she has a BA in Art? What a joke.

@mitchellpugh497 11 ай бұрын

If you truly wanted too see competition then butt out.

@mac4994 11 ай бұрын

Always for our safety. Yeah yeah yeah.

@sathdk79 11 ай бұрын

Amazing how much she can talk without answering the question.

@korycassel5197 11 ай бұрын

Tyrannical enforcement of radical Leftism becomes: "Concerned with fraud and deception" Like the FBI director's spin of: "Threats of violence" talking about targeting parents trying to remove radical policy from public schools. They don't just not answer, they strategically spin and lie abusing language itself with deliberate measures.

@weskhud 11 ай бұрын

" I get why you are concerned about one group of people deciding what can be seen or heard, so we are promoting competition to better the process "??? So the answer is a more diversified sensorship body?? She should just say that they will do what they want , because they are so virtuous and pure,that whatever actions they take are by default virtuous and pure.

@barryslater6430 Ай бұрын

We at the ftc just answer the bloody questions I feel sorry for the citizens of the used to be good ole USA 🇺🇸 get better soon god bless

@slimecoast2coast 11 ай бұрын

If she doesn’t want to answer she should just say that

@DN-2012 11 ай бұрын

This is a “BAD” woman

@JasRaymond1 11 ай бұрын

Is she any kin to Sadiq Khan the Mayor of London ? They seems to be of the same mold.

@dboy6400 11 ай бұрын

No answer from her. Just the usual duck.

@Raven-ep6pq 11 ай бұрын

She does not want to say that she is deciding if it disinformation or not based on her ideology.

@adr3ns 11 ай бұрын

The ministry of truth...

@mr.perfect1er933 11 ай бұрын

And she never said who was the "DECIDER"

@anni6050 11 ай бұрын

But that is what you are doing.

@NateClay 11 ай бұрын

1:09 Why did she say it like that? *Tf?*

@cottonp20 11 ай бұрын

WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HE ASKED ABOUT! HE ASKED WHAT IS DISINFORMATION,AND SHE IS TALKING ABOUT SCAMS AND FRAUD!

@Mr2013skywalker 11 ай бұрын

Fired

@freedomfreedom9523 11 ай бұрын

This kid is controlling what American are allowed to say and do wow

@jeffjustice3341 11 ай бұрын

fire them all! do any government employees hold themselves accountable to the people, all the people. how do they sleep at night?

@Silvereagledude 11 ай бұрын

These corrupt officials know they only have to bob and weave for 5 minutes at a time….what a game

@bozodog428 11 ай бұрын

Like Pinocchio, every time Khan lies, her nose gets longer.

@terrymcfadden954 11 ай бұрын

I can’t hear her behind her nose.

@joliz1234 Ай бұрын

She would know about fraud and deception, not licensed for law

@jeffjustice3341 11 ай бұрын

like she should decide who gets heard when she withholds information from congress. is this person in the correct job?

@Steve-qf8vt 11 ай бұрын

Whose job is it to decide what gets heard? Not the FTC or any other government bureaucrat thats for sure.

@socal33 10 ай бұрын

Disinformation=Anything we don't like.

@user-qh8mb6hv2v 11 ай бұрын

Chip Roy you be Blessed

@DynV 11 ай бұрын

The government should stop them... when it's convenient.

@82bluedream 10 ай бұрын

it's called a "lie"......

@arjunaadjinna 11 ай бұрын

Her last sentence... did the FTC push Zuck to create threads as a competitor to twitter?

@MaryEverling 11 ай бұрын

Because Congress doesn't I believe have the authority to fire her

@945hilo 11 ай бұрын

They should put a bush in the room for that woman to beat around

@gfroese4799 11 ай бұрын

She gets a A+ in duck, hide, and spew out misinformation.

@earlcollins9310 11 ай бұрын

Now we know why these people get into these positions of power !! Liars liars liars

@Joeyd-tm5fp 11 ай бұрын

LINA KHAN is a real mess !!!

@dougsholly9323 11 ай бұрын

Congressional hearings are a complete waste of time. Witnesses never say anything of substance. They may as well just put "I'm not going to answer" on repeat.

@hunteroftruth4986 11 ай бұрын

Is it not time to defund these double talking government employees!!!!

@martinmohney6693 11 ай бұрын

disinformation is anything that can point the finger at their guilty crimes

@ultra9693 11 ай бұрын

I decide what is disinformation not you.

@philliphsieh83 11 ай бұрын

I support and will obey Lina Khan, Jim Jordan, Chip Roy and the whole U.S. Government Forever!

@doomguy6913 11 ай бұрын

How about anyone brought before congress whos refuses to honestly answer questions loses their job in government forever. No local government positions, I don't even want them working at the DMV.

@brianjames8677 Ай бұрын

Another day, another court loss. She chases cases down garden pathways that lead nowhere. If she won and courts stamped her as a winner, I'd be all for her. But that does not happen.

@1tubbyjean 11 ай бұрын

She keeps saying "follow the law". Sounds like she's the one NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW!!

@escapethematrix40 11 ай бұрын

''The Hammer'' is part of the problem..

@gsleatherworks2442 11 ай бұрын

Disinformation: any information that the government (particularly, democrat politicians) do not like, approve of, or otherwise does not support or strengthen the political messaging they want to push.

@arthurgay5746 11 ай бұрын

Her and Freeland must have went to the same school. Even their voices sound the same.

@you166mhz 11 ай бұрын

she should be removed from FTC ...

@taradeleeuw2344 11 ай бұрын

Deception all right

@MeasuredFlat 11 ай бұрын

At 3:56, she is worried about companies deciding who gets to be heard, so instead of going after FB, YT, she goes after Twitter? What an effing clown 🤡🤡

@damaddog8065 11 ай бұрын

Thow them in jail, violate their constitution rights and say I do not feel like honoring you rights today, this will get the message across very quickly. You watch how fast they are supper conservative.