Hawley finds new publisher for book that was abandoned after riot on Capitol Hill

Senator Josh Hawley has found a new publisher for his book after being abandoned by Simon & Schuster following the assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.

The book titled “The Tyranny of Big Tech” criticizes big tech companies, including Google and Facebook. The day after the Capitol assault, Simon & Schuster said it would no longer publish the senator’s book.

Conservative publisher Regnery Publishing will release the book this summer, parent company Salem Media Group said in a statement on Monday.

Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, had previously called for the rejection of electoral college votes from states that voted for President-elect Joe Biden.

Hawley, 41, was elected to the Senate in 2018. He was the first member of his chamber to announce that he would join an effort by the Tories in the House of Representatives to challenge the normally ceremonial process of certification of the counting of electoral votes.

He came under fire after the attack on Capitol Hill by Trump supporters on Jan.6, which delayed certification of Biden’s election victory by hours that day, as lawmakers were forced to flee to get down to it. shelter from the angry mob that had overwhelmed the security forces. Five people, including a Capitol police officer, died in the violence.