Simon & Schuster Cancels Plans for Senator Hawley's Book

[demmiblue]

Source: NYT



Simon & Schuster said on Thursday that it would cancel the publication of an upcoming book by Senator Josh Hawley, one of several members of Congress who tried to overturn the results of the presidential election.

Mr. Hawley, a Missouri Republican and Trump ally, has been criticized for challenging the results and accused of helping incite the mob that stormed the Capitol on Wednesday. His book, “The Tyranny of Big Tech,” was scheduled to be published in June.

“We did not come to this decision lightly,” Simon & Schuster said in a statement. “As a publisher it will always be our mission to amplify a variety of voices and viewpoints: at the same time we take seriously our larger public responsibility as citizens, and cannot support Senator Hawley after his role in what became a dangerous threat.”

The senator’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/books/simon-schuster-josh-hawley-book.html

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[Thekaspervote]

1. Good! Wake up you little twat

[Escurumbele]

32. He will go to another publisher, he is worst than trump

He is a huge rat, a very dangerous animal.

[Dave Starsky]

35. One of those Xerox-page publishers in the back of Soldier of Fortune will take him.

The ones that publish books like "30 Ways to Kill a Man with One Punch" or "Homestyle Cooking with Pruno and Nutraloaf".

[onetexan]

38. Bingo. Hawley & Cruz are much much worse than the Con, along w/ Cotton, Jordan & the lot of them

Dems need to use these crooked guys' complicity to their advantage and ensure to put it in the forefront of the news that they aided & abetted sedition & insurrection.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Hawley has shat in his nest.

[stopwastingmymoney]

12. There it is

Just the one I wanted

[dalton99a]

3. Kick

[Marie Marie]

4. Let the consequences begin.

Wouldn't surprise me if one of those Christian publishing houses pick it up.

[MyOwnPeace]

9. Oh, for sure!!!!!

And there will be stacks of them in his basement and the corners of Dollar Books throughout the mid-west and south.

[OhNo-Really]

13. Costco

[MyOwnPeace]

18. Nah, not around here.

More likely in Walmart, in the "Serious Reading" section next to "The Inquirer" and "People!"

[OhNo-Really]

36. Red State Costco

[brush]

5. Actions have consequences. Hawley is finding that out.

[LizBeth]

6. Wow. And good.

[femmedem]

7. Fantastic news.

One more barrier to his presidential aspirations.

[Marthe48]

8. More like this

Thank you Simon and Schuster!

[LuvNewcastle]

10. He was King Shit yesterday morning.

How quickly one's fortunes can change when touched by Trumpy!

[OhNo-Really]

14. Now King of Senate Sedition Shits 💩

[Clearly fogged in]

15. another -

One day a hero, the next a goat (scapegoat)

[OhNo-Really]

11. Applause

Link to tweet

[pat_k]

16. Great. Although, sadly, Regnery or some such will pick it up. (nt)

[diva77]

17. Maybe Dancing with the stars will make him an offer

They have no shame

Glad to see Simon&Schuster cancelling book deals for seditionists

[llmart]

19. Keep the backlash coming...

for all of these seditionists. Every last one of them.

[SunSeeker]

20. K & R

[DeminPennswoods]

21. Regnery will probably snap him up

They're the conservative/rw publisher of choice.

[Gothmog]

22. From the Hoarse Whisperer

Link to tweet

[TexasTowelie]

28. He was obviously expecting a big advance and royalties.

[BumRushDaShow]

34. "It's a direct assault on the First Amendment"

This is a guy who went to Stanford undergrad and Yale Law school yet he doesn't understand that Simon & Schuster is a "private" company and their decisions regarding a business relationship with him has nothing to do with "an assault on the First Amendment".

But then white males like himself, believe they are a "protected class" when it comes to all sorts of things.

[BBbats]

23. Payback's a Bitch!

[Gothmog]

24. From Marc Elias

Link to tweet

[bucolic_frolic]

25. Good business decision - that book won't sell

[pstokely]

37. not in single copies

but they buy them in bulk and gave them away

[bucolic_frolic]

39. Get me 50, I need fuel for my stove

[ailsagirl]

26. Great to hear!! n/t

[kwolf68]

27. This man is a real POS

I didn't know who he was, but saw his dissent to the voting count last night. His speech was the only one where I went into a profanity laced tirade.

[Mickju]

29. I'm very happy about this.

[George II]

30. Awwww, Joshua..

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[mathematic]

31. I hear Amazon's great for self-publishing nt

[femmedem]

33. Jake Tapper retweet:

AJakeTapper: Lotta Hawley constituents don’t seem particularly proud tonight
retweets @LizTobinKC
Of all the possible responses in your first Tweet after the deplorable actions of the seditious actions of the mob that breached our Capitol for the first time since 1814, this is your choice?

Link to tweet

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

40. Going to miss all that RNC money since they don't have a book to buy in bulk.

That's how Don Jr's book was a best seller.

Most Republicans are semi-literate. Few of them read.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

41. Hawley's whiney ass response

Link to tweet

?s=20

[liberalhistorian]

43. I so enjoyed joining in

with the mockery against him on his own thread!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

42. AOC weighs in

'You should be expelled': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mocks Josh Hawley for 'crying over a book deal' after insurrection

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted Sen. Josh Hawley on Thursday evening after he fussed over a canceled book deal, and repeated calls for his expulsion from the Senate.

"You fist-pumped insurrectionists and baselessly attacked our elections. Your actions fueled a riot and you fundraised in the chaos. Five people are dead," the New York congresswoman tweeted. "Even your GOP colleagues have distanced from your acts."

"Yet here you are crying over a book deal," she added. "You should be expelled."

Her comments add to a wave of backlash Hawley is experiencing after he objected to the 2020 election certification, which confirmed President-elect Joe Biden's victory. Ocasio-Cortez's tweet is in response to a statement Hawley issued earlier Thursday, after publisher Simon & Schuster announced that it would be canceling the release of his upcoming book over what it described as "his role in what became a dangerous threat to our democracy and freedom."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/expelled-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-mocks-155031089.html