Episode 244: Senator Josh Hawley on The Tyranny of Big Tech
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple were once symbols of American ingenuity and freedom. These Big Tech giants have now amassed an unimaginable amount of personal data, become a techno-oligarchy with overwhelming economic and political power. Newt’s guest is Senator Josh Hawley, his new book The Tyranny of Big Tech argues that these Big Tech mega-corporations, controlled by the robber barons of the modern era, are the gravest threat to American liberty in decades.
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| 0:00.0 | On this episode of Newtz World, we have a real treat. |
| 0:08.4 | One of the fastest rising stars in the Republican Party, a very principled conservative, |
| 0:14.3 | Senator Holly, a man who hit the ground running because he'd served as Missouri's Attorney |
| 0:19.8 | General and he understood what it took. |
| 0:22.8 | He did a great job from a conservative standpoint in beating Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskell |
| 0:28.4 | in the 2018 election. |
| 0:30.8 | He has been very aggressive in Washington as he was back when he was Attorney General. |
| 0:39.2 | Tell us a little bit about why you got into public life and why you feel so deeply about |
| 0:51.5 | what you're doing. |
| 0:52.5 | Well, thank you for having me, Newtz. |
| 0:54.3 | This is a real privilege to be with you. |
| 0:56.0 | You know, I got into politics not very long ago. |
| 0:59.0 | 2016 was the first time I'd ever run for anything. |
| 1:01.5 | My background is in constitutional law. |
| 1:03.2 | I was a constitutional lawyer, particularly focused on the First Amendment. |
| 1:07.0 | I was a First Amendment lawyer. |
| 1:09.0 | And I'm somebody who believes in the Constitution, believes in our Founders vision for our |
| 1:15.4 | Republic. |
| 1:16.5 | I became a lawyer in fact because of my love for and interest in the Constitution and American |
| 1:21.1 | history. |
| 1:22.1 | I love it and a passion I know that you share. |
| 1:23.8 | And that's really what brought me to the law and then ultimately to run for office. |
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