Republican Senator Josh Hawley has had his book deal cancelled by publisher Simon & Schuster.
The 41-year-old openly challenged the Electoral College results in several states when Congress convened to declare Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 ballot.
The Senator condemned the violence that erupted at the Capitol building just hours before, however indicated his intention to force deliberations on some of the results.
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It failed spectacularly and his attempt was voted down by many on the Senate floor.
Hawley was planning on releasing his book, The Tyranny of Big Tech, on June 22 however it appears he'll have to find a new publisher.
Simon & Schuster has released a statement, saying: "As a publisher it will always be our mission to amplify a variety of voices and viewpoints: at the same time we take seriously our larger public responsibility as citizens, and cannot support Senator Hawley after his role in what became a dangerous threat to our democracy and freedom."
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The Senator has slammed Simon & Schuster for their decision to pull the book deal and says it sets a dangerous precedent for freedom of speech.
He said: "Simon & Schuster is canceling my contract because I was representing my constituents, leading a debate on the Senate floor on voter integrity, which they have now decided to redefine as sedition," he said in a statement posted on Twitter.
"This is the Left looking to cancel everyone they don't approve of. I will fight this cancel culture with everything I have. We will see you in court."
The Tyranny of Big Tech was due to explore the rise of major tech companies and Hawley argued they 'represent the gravest threat to American liberty since the monopolies of the Gilded Age'.
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Senator Hawley's challenge of the election results have been credited to helping incite the violence that erupted in Washington D.C. yesterday.
The Kansas City Star's editorial board published a scathing op-ed that accused the Missouri Senator of having 'blood on his hands' because of his opposition to the November vote.
"No one other than President Donald Trump himself is more responsible for Wednesday's coup attempt at the U.S. Capitol than one Joshua David Hawley, the 41-year-old junior senator from Missouri, who put out a fundraising appeal while the siege was underway," the paper wrote.
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"This, Sen. Hawley, is what law-breaking and destruction look like. This is what mobs do. This is not a protest, but a riot. One woman was shot by Capitol Police in the chaos and died while lawmakers were sheltering in place."
The Daily Mail reported Hawley raised his fist as the mob of extremists rallied outside the Capitol in seeming solidarity with them.
Hawley has denied being responsible for the violence that was seen, telling CNN: "The responsibility of violent criminal acts is with violent criminals."
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