Josh Hawley Slams Rand Paul As ‘Ridiculous’ For Not Wanting To Attack Freedom Of Speech

Republican Senator Josh Hawley slammed his fellow Republican Senator Rand Paul for NOT wanting to ban TikTok in the United States, as Paul says that doing so would curtail Freedom of Speech in this country. Hawley thinks that this is "ridiculous," but Paul has a good point. But more than just having a good point, Paul may have let it slip why Republicans are so adamant about banning the platform, as Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains. Link - https://www.rawstory.com/rand-paul-ti... Check out our merch by visiting our store: https://www.buyrof.com/ Subscribe to our podcast: http://www.ROFPodcast.com Become a member today!:    / @theringoffire   Support us by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon, and help keep progressive media alive!:   / theringoffire   Spread the word! LIKE and SHARE this video or leave a comment to help direct attention to the stories that matter. And SUBSCRIBE to stay connected with Ring of Fire's video content! Support Ring of Fire by subscribing to our YouTube channel:    / theringoffire   Be sociable! Follow us on: Facebook:   / ringoffireradio   Twitter:   / ringoffiremedia   Instagram:   / ringoffirenetwork   *This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos. Republican Senator Josh Hawley has lashed out at Republican Senator Rand Paul, all because Rand Paul doesn't want to, in Paul's own words, trample on everyone's freedom of speech, which Josh Hawley called quote ridiculous. So what is this big grand issue that these two idiots are fighting over the banning of TikTok? Of course, Rand Paul is one of the few Republicans who are out there openly saying that we should not ban TikTok here in the United States, even though it's owned by China. And of course the rest of the Republican party says, oh hell no, it's owned by China. It must be the worst thing ever. Our data is not safe. We have to ban it. And to be fair, there's also plenty of Democrats saying the same thing. Rand Paul got it right? Rand Paul said, quote, we are in a political world. We shouldn't be completely oblivious to the fact that a lot of young people are on there, and it is frankly their freedom of speech. So Rand Paul is defending TikTok saying we shouldn't ban it. Not only because it, you know, that's how people are using their freedom of speech. You don't want to take away that platform from them, but also like, Hey, listen, idiots in the rest of the party, this is a big tool. This is an important way to do outreach to youth voters, which our party in their autopsy report just said, we've gotta figure out how to reach young voters. And here's the thing, and y'all wanna throw it in the garbage. Josh Hawley, as I said, said, that's ridiculous. And then he went on to say, listen, if we can't win younger voters because we're not on TikTok, we got serious problems in this party. Well, you already can't win younger voters and you're not on TikTok. So yes, you do have serious problems in the party. I do not like Rand Paul. I do not like his politics. But Rand Paul is one of the few Republicans that like once, maybe twice a year on a civil liberties issue, because of his libertarian leanings, he will come out with the correct response. And this is one of those times. So maybe six months from now, Rand Paul will get something else, right? But he'll get everything else wrong between now and then. So I do not like Rand Paul. I'm not saying he's a good guy by any stretch of the imagination. All I'm saying is that credit where credit is due, he's right on this issue. And on the issue of TikTok, 150 million Americans are on TikTok. So 150 million Americans out of a country of about 330 million. So we're talking about maybe half, a little under half the country is on TikTok. And you Republicans are like, no, we don't need that. You don't need a platform where you can reach almost half the country, most of whom are the young voters that your party desperately needs. You really think you're better than that. You think you're smarter than that you're not. Not to mention the fact that their arguments for banning TikTok are absolutely idiotic. Well, the China could get your data. Oh dear. Look, I'm not saying that it's a good thing that they have our data, but what I'm saying is that there's already been massive lawsuits against Google, against Facebook, against Yahoo, against Sprint, against pretty much every tech company for Oopsy Doodle leaking all your data. Your data's already out there, folks, whether you're on TikTok or not, if China wants your data, they can just go legally purchase it from any of these companies that actually offer it up for sale. It doesn't have to be in the form of a massive data leak. Your info's already for sale.