Hawley whines about "woke mob" at Simon & Schuster, calls book cancellation "Orwellian"

[highplainsdem]

Link to tweet

My statement on the woke mob at @simonschuster

[TwilightZone]

1. On the contrary, Josh. It's capitalism.

He should approve of them cutting off an idiot who might tarnish their brand.

[kwolf68]

16. You got it

Where was he when Dixie Chicks got black listed? Huuuhhh?

Like the poster above said, this is capitalism, how's it taste tiger?

[TheBlackAdder]

26. To that, I say. . .

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[highplainsdem]

36. +1,000,000

[Zoonart]

2. Beginning of the consequences of betraying your oath of office.

[Sneederbunk]

5. You ain't seen nuthin yet.

[still_one]

3. No Hawley, not Orwellian, there isn't much demand for books by seditious people

[oioioi]

4. What is actually Orwellian

Is claiming that it was "Antifa" storming the capitol.

[mucifer]

6. Rich privlaged asshole

[madaboutharry]

7. Actually Joshie,

They cancelled the contract because you incited a violent insurrection.

[BarackTheVote]

8. ...He called them a "woke mob" the day after

an actual mob broke into the capital and tried to overthrow the government of the United States? Holy. shit.

[msongs]

9. racist dog whistle - woke mob nt

[Bluethroughu]

10. Resign

Traitor, so you can be investigated and imprisoned for Sedition.

[C_U_L8R]

11. Suck it up frat boy.

No one wanted to read your damn book anyway. Treason does not sell.

[Biophilic]

12. Really get your metaphors right. This is not Orwellian.

But it certainly is Capitalism at its finest. You are obviously not a big money maker for them. In fact, it looks like you would be a drag on their bottom line. So sorry, boy. Obviously your judgement isn't so good after all. You made the wrong call. It has nothing to do with Right or Left and everything to do with profit. You aren't a profitable commodity anymore. Sad.

[DonaldsRump]

13. Josh, good heavens, you're not a very good lawyer, are you?

The First Amendment relates to curtailment of speech by GOVERNMENT, not a private/non-government company like S&S.

You went to Yale Law School and don't know this??? Here's the Wikipedia page in case you want to bone up on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

The only thing Orwellian is Trump and bootlickers like you.

[Bettie]

25. I'm starting to think law school isn't as hard as people make it out to be

Louie Freaking Gomert is a lawyer and he's pretty damned dim-witted.

[DonaldsRump]

34. I worked my tail off in law school, and it is hard

But I have to agree with you. Kayleigh McEnany graduated from Harvard Law School, etc. Take a look at the pedigree of the people surrounding Trump, and an Ivy League school meant a lot to him. Ted Cruz also is a Harvard Law Grad.

Louis Gohmert is an altogether different league!

I have lost all respect for the name-brand about any school, partly because of this and also because of Operation Varsity Blues. That schools of this "caliber" could allow third-rate minds and, MORE IMPORTANTLY, persons completely lacking in ethics to graduate speaks volumes.

I couldn't care less any more where (or if) a person graduated from whatever. It's the person, not the school or degree, who defines that person.

In any event, Hawley was the Attorney General of Missouri. What an idiot.

[Bettie]

35. I know people who worked their butts off

and then, I see people like Louie and Kayleigh and think WTF?

[durablend]

14. Free market, *itch

[JI7]

15. racist fucking asshole

[Gidney N Cloyd]

17. Somebody desperately needs a good swirly.

Then call Regnery, asswipe. They'll probably gobble it up.

[Irish_Dem]

18. He just keeps doubling down on the idiocy.

He still thinks this will get him the WH.

McConnell is going to take care of Hawley.

[JHB]

19. I don't think anybody actually uses "woke" anymore except ...

...RWers playing with their new favorite chew toy.

They think they're being ironic and "triggering" by fixating on a word that has already joined "hepcats" and "gnarly" and "bossanova" among the ranks of outdated youth slang.

[Kid Berwyn]

20. Print it yourself, asshole.

Doubt anyone will buy it, but no one is stopping you from publishing.

[PA Democrat]

21. Uh, no... it's not an assault on your first amendment rights, Josh.

The first amendment does not compel businesses to provide you with a platform to spew your idiocy. It's a business decision.

[smirkymonkey]

33. +1000

Exactly! Besides, MAGAts don't read. Who else would buy this book? It's going straight to the bargain bin. It was a losing proposition from the beginning.

[left-of-center2012]

22. He sounds like another whiner

Trumpian

[KayF]

23. I really hope Trump supporters threaten to boycott

just to see Simon & Schuster laugh.

[kwolf68]

24. Tweet sent to him

The left The left The left The left The left The left !!! Get some new material. They knew you and still wanted to do your book. It has NOTHING to do with "the left" Your anti-democratic crap has gone too far. This is the free market at work, how does it taste Tiger?

[torius]

27. First Amendment?

So S&S owes everyone a book contract? Go over to Amazon Kindle self-publishing, nutjob.

[Midnight Writer]

28. Hey, Josh. I think Sidney Powell is looking for work. Why don't you giver her a call?

[oasis]

29. Bring it on, you slimy traitorous rat.

[Generic Brad]

30. How is the government infringing on his 1st Amendment rights?

If he’s bad for business, his publisher has every right to pull his book. For a supposedly educated man, he sure is ignorant.

Actions have consequences. Suck it, Josh!

[Hav]

31. He describes himself as a constitutional lawyer

and he has trouble understanding the first amendment?

[Initech]

32. Oh fuck off, traitor.