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    “A Vassal of the Chinese Communist Party”: DeSantis Brilliantly Skewers Woke Apple, Red China

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    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently went on a no-holds-barred attack on Apple, which apparently made a software update that has helped the CCP counter protesters, and the CCP itself. Speaking on the issue of censorship, both at home and abroad, DeSantis said:

    “There are people in China engaged in a noble protest effort against what is essentially a Leninist dictatorship. And what is Apple’s response? They are restricting the AirDrop feature against protesters. They are basically serving as a vassal of the Communist Party of China.”

    Continuing, DeSantis went on to say that the same company helping the CCP counter those protesting against it by banning certain features is acting in quite the same manner here, saying that “on the other side, in the United States, [Apple] is trying to remove Twitter from the App Store, a decision that would be a huge blow to freedom of speech.”

    That wasn’t all. DeSantis then went on to remind the audience that Apple “is perhaps the most powerful company in the world, certainly one of the most powerful companies in US history. They exercise in some ways even greater authority than governments. And they are using their authority to protect the CCP (Communist Party of China) while trying to limit free speech in the United States.”
    In addition to reminding the audience that Apple holds that monopoly-like power, DeSantis noted that it could exercise it by kicking Twitter off the app store now that Twitter is pro-free speech, saying that that would be a “huge, huge mistake.” In his words:
    “If Apple responds to that by nuking them from the App Store, I think that would be a huge, huge mistake and it would be a really raw exercise of monopolistic power that I think would merit a response from the United States Congress.”
    Adding to that, he slammed the woke tech giant as a Chinese vassal, saying “Don’t be a vassal of the [Chinese Communist Party] on one hand and then use your corporate power in the United States on the other to suffocate Americans and try to suppress their right to express themselves.”
    Watch him here:

    The New York Post, adding context to what others are doing to fight back against Apple and potentially hold it accountable were it to take the radical anti-free speech step of booting Twitter from the app store, reported that:

    On Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook met with top legislators — including Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Rep. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) under the guise of antitrust concerns.

    But insiders told The Post the lawmakers will undoubtedly probe him on other major concerns facing Apple: Namely the company’s quietly agreeing to help the CCP suppress protest.

    A frequent critic of “woke” actions by major US corporations, DeSantis previously engaged in a war of words with Disney over the company’s public disapproval for Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. That dispute culminated in a DeSantis-led effort in Florida to revoke Disney’s special tax status within the state.

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