Regnery will publish Hawley’s book, “The Tyranny of Big Tech”, in the spring, according to a press release from the publisher.
The Missouri senator has faced a wave of reaction in the days since January 6, when he and other Republicans in Congress objected to counting some Electoral College votes for Joe Biden, promoting false allegations of electoral fraud that were echoed by members of the crowd. prompted by President Donald Trump.
Just a day after the turmoil, Simon & Schuster announced that he would no longer publish Hawley’s book. “After witnessing the disturbing and deadly uprising that occurred on Wednesday in Washington, DC, Simon & Schuster decided to cancel the publication of Senator Josh Hawley’s next book,” the company said in a statement.
“We didn’t take that decision lightly,” added the editor. “As an editor, it will always be our mission to amplify a variety of voices and points of view: at the same time, we take our greatest public responsibility as citizens seriously and we cannot support Senator Hawley after his role in what has become a dangerous threat to our democracy and freedom. “
Hawley responded at the time by calling the measure “Orwellian” and claiming it was a “direct attack on the First Amendment”, although the First Amendment concerns the government’s restrictions on freedom of expression and not the decisions of private companies.
This message was echoed by Regnery president and editor Thomas Spence, who wrote in an Op-Ed of the Wall Street Journal: “The readiness to silence someone because of who they are or who they associate with is often called ‘cancel culture ‘, but I prefer an older term – blacklist – whose historical associations expose the ugliness of what is happening. “
“Not long ago, editorial professionals would be horrified if they were accused of this. Today, they compete to see who can proclaim their blacklist with the most ferocious invective, ”he said.
Several major companies also announced that they were suspending donations to Hawley and other Republicans who opposed the Electoral College’s votes, including Blue Cross Blue Shield and Citigroup. And the luxury hotel chain Loews Hotel Group has canceled a fundraiser for Hawley, saying it opposes “everyone who supported and incited” the deadly Capitol riot.
In the next book, Hawley will argue that leading technology companies “pose the most serious threat to American freedom since the Golden Age monopolies”, according to an archived description posted on the Simon & Schuster website.
CNN’s Oliver Darcy, Donald Judd and Devan Cole contributed to this report.
