Senator Josh Hawley’s book canceled by publisher citing ‘deadly uprising’ in the Capitol

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“After witnessing the troubling, deadly uprising that took place in Washington, DC on Wednesday, Simon & Schuster has decided to cancel publication of Senator Josh Hawley’s forthcoming book,” the company said in a statement.

“We didn’t come to this decision lightly,” added Simon & Schuster. As a publishing house, our mission will always be to strengthen a variety of voices and views: at the same time, we take our increased public responsibility as citizens seriously and cannot support Senator Hawley after his role in what became a dangerous threat to our democracy and freedom. “

A Hawley spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Hawley’s upcoming book, entitled ‘The Tyranny of Big Tech’, was due to be published in June 2021. In the book, Hawley would argue that big tech companies are “the greatest threat to American freedom since the monopolies of the gilded age,” according to a description on the Simon & Schuster website.

Four people died on Wednesday when supporters of President Donald Trump, angry after being lied to about the election theft, stormed Capitol Hill and temporarily halted congressional proceedings to certify the election results.

Hawley, encouraged by Trump, had been one of the leading Republican senators to oppose the largely ceremonial process.

After order was restored in the Capitol on Wednesday and following some Republican objections, Congress finally declared Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election Thursday morning.

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