Reps. Steve Scalise, R-La., and James Comer, R-Ky., are asking the House Oversight Committee to hold a hearing on GoFundMe's decision to block donations to the Canadian Freedom Convoy.
"We are concerned about the growing trend of Big Tech’s increasing refusal to permit a level playing field in the marketplace of ideas, instead actively censoring conservative viewpoints while promoting far-left causes, especially where millions of dollars in crowdsourced funds are potentially misappropriated," read a letter from House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., and House Oversight Committee ranking member James Comer, R-Ky.
In announcing its decision to refund Freedom Convoy donations, GoFundMe argued that the demonstration had started as peaceful but eventually saw unlawful behavior. But some, like Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, have accused of the company of left-wing bias. Both he and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said Wednesday that they were opening investigations into GoFundMe's decision.
"GoFundMe publicly justified these actions by claiming that it had received evidence from unidentified local officials that ‘the previously peaceful demonstration has become an occupation, with police reports of violence and other unlawful activity,’" the congressmen told the fundraising powerhouse.
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