Olivia Troye Misleads Congress About Using the Term “Conspiracy Theory” to Characterize Government Censorship
On November 30, the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government held a hearing to examine the federal government’s recent attacks on free expression. The lead witness for the Democrats, Olivia Troye, denied that she had called the evidence of government censorship a "conspiracy theory." Rep. Dan Bishop had asked her if she knew about the Missouri v. Biden censorship lawsuit headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. And, if she was aware of it, “does it affect your view that all of this is a figment of our imagination?”
Responded Troye, “I am aware of the decision. I also want to clarify [that] I have never said that this was a conspiracy. You’ve not heard that comment from me.”
However, in both her verbal and written testimony at the same hearing, she had expressed “Instead of continuing to spread conspiracy theories about government censorship, this Committee should instead focus on the very real and dangerous threat posed by the leading Republican candidate.”
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