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demmiblue

(37,646 posts)
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 06:53 PM Jan 2021

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 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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Simon & Schuster Cancels Plans for Senator Hawley's Book (Original Post) demmiblue Jan 2021 OP
Good! Wake up you little twat Thekaspervote Jan 2021 #1
He will go to another publisher, he is worst than trump Escurumbele Jan 2021 #32
One of those Xerox-page publishers in the back of Soldier of Fortune will take him. Dave Starsky Jan 2021 #35
Bingo. Hawley & Cruz are much much worse than the Con, along w/ Cotton, Jordan & the lot of them onetexan Jan 2021 #38
Hawley has shat in his nest. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 #2
There it is stopwastingmymoney Jan 2021 #12
Kick dalton99a Jan 2021 #3
Let the consequences begin. Marie Marie Jan 2021 #4
Oh, for sure!!!!! MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #9
Costco OhNo-Really Jan 2021 #13
Nah, not around here. MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #18
Red State Costco OhNo-Really Jan 2021 #36
Actions have consequences. Hawley is finding that out. brush Jan 2021 #5
Wow. And good. LizBeth Jan 2021 #6
Fantastic news. femmedem Jan 2021 #7
More like this Marthe48 Jan 2021 #8
He was King Shit yesterday morning. LuvNewcastle Jan 2021 #10
Now King of Senate Sedition Shits 💩 OhNo-Really Jan 2021 #14
another - Clearly fogged in Jan 2021 #15
Applause OhNo-Really Jan 2021 #11
Great. Although, sadly, Regnery or some such will pick it up. (nt) pat_k Jan 2021 #16
Maybe Dancing with the stars will make him an offer diva77 Jan 2021 #17
Keep the backlash coming... llmart Jan 2021 #19
K & R SunSeeker Jan 2021 #20
Regnery will probably snap him up DeminPennswoods Jan 2021 #21
From the Hoarse Whisperer Gothmog Jan 2021 #22
He was obviously expecting a big advance and royalties. TexasTowelie Jan 2021 #28
"It's a direct assault on the First Amendment" BumRushDaShow Jan 2021 #34
Payback's a Bitch! BBbats Jan 2021 #23
From Marc Elias Gothmog Jan 2021 #24
Good business decision - that book won't sell bucolic_frolic Jan 2021 #25
not in single copies pstokely Jan 2021 #37
Get me 50, I need fuel for my stove bucolic_frolic Jan 2021 #39
Great to hear!! n/t ailsagirl Jan 2021 #26
This man is a real POS kwolf68 Jan 2021 #27
I'm very happy about this. Mickju Jan 2021 #29
Awwww, Joshua.. George II Jan 2021 #30
I hear Amazon's great for self-publishing nt mathematic Jan 2021 #31
Jake Tapper retweet: femmedem Jan 2021 #33
Going to miss all that RNC money since they don't have a book to buy in bulk. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 #40
Hawley's whiney ass response Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 #41
I so enjoyed joining in liberalhistorian Jan 2021 #43
AOC weighs in Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 #42

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
35. One of those Xerox-page publishers in the back of Soldier of Fortune will take him.
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 11:19 PM
Jan 2021

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

onetexan

(13,558 posts)
38. Bingo. Hawley & Cruz are much much worse than the Con, along w/ Cotton, Jordan & the lot of them
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 04:06 AM
Jan 2021

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.

MyOwnPeace

(17,188 posts)
9. Oh, for sure!!!!!
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 07:01 PM
Jan 2021

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

MyOwnPeace

(17,188 posts)
18. Nah, not around here.
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 07:20 PM
Jan 2021

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

diva77

(7,880 posts)
17. Maybe Dancing with the stars will make him an offer
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 07:13 PM
Jan 2021

They have no shame

Glad to see Simon&Schuster cancelling book deals for seditionists

BumRushDaShow

(137,591 posts)
34. "It's a direct assault on the First Amendment"
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 11:11 PM
Jan 2021

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.

kwolf68

(7,620 posts)
27. This man is a real POS
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 09:25 PM
Jan 2021

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.

femmedem

(8,362 posts)
33. Jake Tapper retweet:
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 10:50 PM
Jan 2021

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?



Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(112,610 posts)
40. Going to miss all that RNC money since they don't have a book to buy in bulk.
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 02:16 PM
Jan 2021

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

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

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(112,610 posts)
42. AOC weighs in
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 04:11 PM
Jan 2021
'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
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