Simon & Schuster Cancels Plans for Senator Hawley's Book
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 senators office didnt immediately respond to a request for comment.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/books/simon-schuster-josh-hawley-book.html
Thekaspervote
(34,946 posts)Escurumbele
(3,671 posts)He is a huge rat, a very dangerous animal.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)The ones that publish books like "30 Ways to Kill a Man with One Punch" or "Homestyle Cooking with Pruno and Nutraloaf".
onetexan
(13,913 posts)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
(121,860 posts)stopwastingmymoney
(2,186 posts)Just the one I wanted
dalton99a
(85,190 posts)Marie Marie
(10,035 posts)Wouldn't surprise me if one of those Christian publishing houses pick it up.
MyOwnPeace
(17,283 posts)And there will be stacks of them in his basement and the corners of Dollar Books throughout the mid-west and south.
OhNo-Really
(3,996 posts)MyOwnPeace
(17,283 posts)More likely in Walmart, in the "Serious Reading" section next to "The Inquirer" and "People!"
OhNo-Really
(3,996 posts)brush
(58,304 posts)LizBeth
(10,935 posts)femmedem
(8,460 posts)One more barrier to his presidential aspirations.
Marthe48
(19,600 posts)Thank you Simon and Schuster!
LuvNewcastle
(17,069 posts)How quickly one's fortunes can change when touched by Trumpy!
OhNo-Really
(3,996 posts)Clearly fogged in
(2,037 posts)One day a hero, the next a goat (scapegoat)
OhNo-Really
(3,996 posts)pat_k
(10,883 posts)diva77
(7,880 posts)They have no shame
Glad to see Simon&Schuster cancelling book deals for seditionists
llmart
(16,331 posts)for all of these seditionists. Every last one of them.
SunSeeker
(54,201 posts)DeminPennswoods
(16,372 posts)They're the conservative/rw publisher of choice.
Gothmog
(156,305 posts)TexasTowelie
(117,954 posts)BumRushDaShow
(145,235 posts)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
(121 posts)Gothmog
(156,305 posts)bucolic_frolic
(47,928 posts)pstokely
(10,744 posts)but they buy them in bulk and gave them away
bucolic_frolic
(47,928 posts)ailsagirl
(23,928 posts)kwolf68
(7,876 posts)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
(1,812 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)mathematic
(1,533 posts)femmedem
(8,460 posts)AJakeTapper: Lotta Hawley constituents dont 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
(117,220 posts)That's how Don Jr's book was a best seller.
Most Republicans are semi-literate. Few of them read.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(117,220 posts)Link to tweet
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liberalhistorian
(20,857 posts)with the mockery against him on his own thread!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(117,220 posts)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