<p>Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) was torched by Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro on Wednesday after the Democrat attempted to derail a Judiciary Committee hearing that featured Shapiro testifying on an alleged conspiracy to silence conservative media outlets.</p>
<p>Shapiro <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-delivers-blistering-opening-statement-to-congress-on-cartel-silencing-conservatives?topStoryPosition=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testified</a> shortly after the Republican-led committee released a report on Wednesday morning accusing the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) of strategizing to censor conservative content, including from The Daily Wire.</p>
<p>At one point during the hearing, Swalwell pushed to turn the attention away from GARM and onto Shapiro&#8217;s religious and political beliefs, asking the Daily Wire host if he supports Project 2025, a proposed set of presidential transition policies put forward by the Heritage Foundation that the Left has recently focused on to paint former President Donald Trump and conservatives as extremists.</p>
<p>&#8220;Mr. Shapiro, thank you for joining us today. I think it is important that you&#8217;re here as one of the leading conservative voices in the country,&#8221; Swalwell said. &#8220;And the country in the last couple of weeks has talked about, googled Project 2025 &#8230; and you&#8217;re not going to get any censorship from me, so I just wanted to know from your perspective, I think it would help us understand, on just like a scale of 0-100 percent, how much do you support Project 2025?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I think like President Trump, I haven&#8217;t looked all that deeply at Project 2025,&#8221; Shapiro replied. &#8220;But it seems that Democrats on this committee [think that] — sort of like Peter Pan and Tinkerbell — if they say Project 2025 enough, their presidential candidate becomes alive again.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@benshapiro</a>: &#8220;It seems that Democrats on this committee think that—sort of like Peter Pan and Tinkerbell—if they say Project 2025 enough, their presidential candidate becomes alive again.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/JI1PcFckvj">pic.twitter.com/JI1PcFckvj</a></p>
<p>— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1811074780843401395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Swalwell, who was reportedly involved in a long-term romantic relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, went on to ask Shapiro where he stands on a range of issues, from deportation and immigration to abortion pills and same-sex marriage. Shapiro succinctly responded to the Democratic congressman&#8217;s policy questions and added, &#8220;I&#8217;m not sure why I&#8217;m testifying on immigration policy at this point.&#8221;</p>
<p>Swalwell also brought out a poster that displayed a 2018 quote of Shapiro calling homosexual activity &#8220;a sin.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Yes, I&#8217;m a religious Jew. You found me out,&#8221; Shapiro said. &#8220;I agree with me. Yes, that&#8217;s true.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepSwalwell</a> attempts to spar with <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@benshapiro</a>. It doesn&#8217;t end well for China&#8217;s spy guy.</p>
<p>FULL EXCHANGE: <a href="https://t.co/Fp3R4n42Ac">pic.twitter.com/Fp3R4n42Ac</a></p>
<p>— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1811077162461442250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>During Shapiro&#8217;s opening statement before the committee, he told lawmakers about a &#8220;cartel&#8221; acting to stamp out conservative voices through arbitrary standards.</p>
<p>“GARM purportedly sets ‘brand safety’ standards – objective standards by which advertisers and platforms can supposedly determine just what sort of content ought to be deemed ‘safe’ for advertising,” he said. “In reality, GARM acts as a cartel. Its members account for 90 percent of ad spending in the United States — almost $1 trillion. In other words, if you’re not getting ad dollars from GARM members, it’s nearly impossible to run an ad-based business.”</p>

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