'This Bill Promoted Internet Censorship And Violations of The 1st Amendment': Rep. Massie Lone Vote Against 'Anti-Semitism' Bill

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
May. 20, 2022

The House on Wednesday voted 420-1 in favor of a bill that "promoted internet censorship and violations of the First Amendment" in the name of "combatting anti-Semitism."

Republican Kentucky Rep Thomas Massie was the lone vote against the bill.

"I don’t hate anyone based on his or her ethnicity or religion. Legitimate government exists, in part, to punish those who commit unprovoked violence against others, but government can’t legislate thought," Massie said Thursday after getting attacked by the media. "This bill promoted internet censorship and violations of the 1st amendment."

I don’t hate anyone based on his or her ethnicity or religion. Legitimate government exists, in part, to punish those who commit unprovoked violence against others, but government can’t legislate thought.

This bill promoted internet censorship and violations of the 1st amendment https://t.co/MWkvcOba7K
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) May 19, 2022

It wouldn’t be the first time.
See March 27, 2020.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) May 19, 2022

The bill, which was sponsored by Democratic Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and appears to have been written by the Anti-Defamation League, does indeed promote internet censorship and violations of the First Amendment, as you can see below:

Haaretz reported in 2012 that Jewish groups get 97% of of Homeland Security's Vital Nonprofit Security Grants.

In 2014, that number was 94% according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

"The Department of Homeland Security allocated to Jewish institutions $12 million, or 94 percent, of $13 million in funds for securing nonprofits," JTA reported.

I can't find any more recent numbers but the Biden regime is currently asking for $360 million in funding for the aforementioned Nonprofit Security Grant Program and the ADL is leading the charge to get it passed.

For voting against the bill, Massie was immediately smeared as an anti-Semite.

We are outraged to see Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) just vote no on a bi-partisan House resolution condemning antisemitism.

So far Massie is the sole no vote.
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) May 18, 2022

In Sept. 2021 we featured Massie as an 'Antisemite of the Week' highlighting his:

- refusal to fund Holocaust education
- refusal to condemn the antisemitic BDS movement
- outrageous COVID comparisons to Nazi Germany and the Holocaust https://t.co/6Ur3waRPTf
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) May 18, 2022

.@RepThomasMassie was the lone vote against yesterday's resolution condemning antisemitism.

While Democrats and Republicans united, Rep. Massie, who has also opposed bills on Holocaust education and Iron Dome funding, decided that combating rising hatred is not important. https://t.co/2FADADrkiH
— American Jewish Committee (@AJCGlobal) May 19, 2022

We should spend some time talking about the fact that Donald Trump gave his “complete and total endorsement” to Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, who today was the only member of congress to vote against a bill to condemn antisemitism.
— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) May 19, 2022

Massie was targeted by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) last year for repeatedly voting against giving billions of US taxpayer dollars to Israel.

"How is THIS not foreign interference in our elections?" Massie commented on Twitter, highlighting an ad AIPAC was running against him on Facebook targeting voters in his district.

How is THIS not foreign interference in our elections? pic.twitter.com/O5LSToIBUO
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) September 27, 2021

Massie said after voting against giving another billion to Israel to fund their Iron Dome that people have a fantasy that "foreign aid buys US influence abroad" when the reality is that "foreign aid is the result of foreign influence exerted on US politicians at home."

Fantasy:
Foreign aid buys US influence abroad.

Reality:
Foreign aid is the result of foreign influence exerted on US politicians at home.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) September 24, 2021

Despite AIPAC targeting him, Massie easily secured a victory in the Republican primary on Tuesday with 75% of the vote and is likely going to sail to victory again during the general election in November.

[Header image by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0]

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