As left-wingers continued to disrupt and protest Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified before the Senate about political censorship on his website. Twitter has been accused of censoring conservative views, and explicitly promoting left-wing ones.
Twitter has routinely purged notable right-wing accounts on their platform, and while they didn’t explicitly ban Alex Jones and Infowars like many other platforms, they did suspend him for a week. Jones was present at the hearing and attempted to confront Marco Rubio afterward, whom he felt didn’t do enough to question the censorship on the platform. Rubio was taking questions from members of the press, and Jones routinely interjected to ask questions of his own.
Jones repeatedly interrupted Rubio, called him a “frat boy,” and patted him on the shoulder, which sparked a fiery exchange.
“Don’t touch me again, man,” Rubio told Jones, “I’m asking you not to touch me again.”
“I was just patting you nicely,” Jones responded. “What, you want me to get arrested?”
Rubio then fired back, “You’re not going to get arrested. I’ll take care of you myself.”
Jones then accused Rubio of threatening to beat him up.
“Marco Rubio just threatened to beat me up,” Jones told a camera trailing him around on Capitol Hill.
“I didn’t say that,” Rubio said.
“Oh, he’ll beat me up,” Jones said mockingly. “Oh, he’s so mad. You’re not going to silence me. You’re not going to silence America.
The incident was captured by Cassandra Fairbanks, a reporter for The Gateway Pundit.
— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) September 5, 2018
At the end of the spat, Jones tells Rubio to go “back to your bathhouse” as he walked away, while Rubio called him a clown.
Both men walked away unbloodied, as the situation didn’t escalate past words. Rubio claimed to not know who Jones is, or what InfoWars is, which seems unlikely.
Reactions to the altercation were mixed – with some rooting for both sides.
Marco Rubio fist fighting Alex Jones is the only way 2018 can end.
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) September 5, 2018
Rubio’s restraint is almost superhuman. Alex Jones is a type that has existed in virtually every society over the generations — a bully-boy, a liar, a beer-hall demagogue. Very few become as popular as Jones has. Something to be alert to. Trump should never have gone on his show. https://t.co/FDk1fPHLmV
— Jay Nordlinger (@jaynordlinger) September 5, 2018
Watching Alex Jones confront Marco Rubio, I still can't believe he's the same guy who I used to see all the time at 25-person anti-Iraq War protests in Austin shouting in a bullhorn, trying to convince people that secret agents were surveilling the protesters from balconies above
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) September 5, 2018
It's great when Rubio says to Alex Jones: "I don't know who you are, man." https://t.co/0eBpUmnoso
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) September 5, 2018
whom do I pay to make a Marco Rubio-Alex Jones fistfight happen
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) September 5, 2018
Just when we thought nothing could get crazier than yesterday’s first day of Kavanaugh hearings, this manages to top it. What will Thursday and Friday have in store for us?
