{"id":1235,"date":"2023-02-13T11:20:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T16:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1235"},"modified":"2023-02-13T11:20:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T16:20:37","slug":"mike-lindell-exposes-florida-gov-ron-desantis-for-hosting-dominion-attorney-on-defamation-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1235","title":{"rendered":"Mike Lindell Exposes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for Hosting Dominion Attorney on \u2018Defamation\u2019 Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1236\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-28.png 788w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-28-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-28-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-28-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-28-390x219.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is calling out Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, believing that he has \u201cshown his true\u201d colors for hosting a \u201cdefamation\u201d panel with an attorney for Dominion Voting Systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DeSantis hosting Dominion lawyer Libby Locke! He is showing his true colors! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ICPghzj0J\">https:\/\/t.co\/5ICPghzj0J<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mike Lindell (@realMikeLindell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realMikeLindell\/status\/1622973134440910853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>DeSantis had Dominion attorney Libby Locke on his panel where he praised her as \u201cextraordinare at first amendment, defamation law.\u201d On the panel, Locke argued that it should be easier for firms like Dominion to win defamation lawsuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s virtually impossible to bring and win one of these cases,\u201d Locke said. \u201cAnd the media gets away, and they have complete immunity from liability. And that is what I think is going to change in the press. They think with dollar signs. And when there are economic consequences to lying about targets for reporting and to get ratings and to sell ads, that is \u2014 when there is real consequences through private action, that\u2019s when they\u2019re going to be accountable to their insurers and when they\u2019re going to be accountable to their shareholders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full panel hosted by DeSantis can be seen here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Ron DeSantis hosts panel on media defamation\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jOWt3KzbYcE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Ron DeSantis hosts panel on media defamation\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jOWt3KzbYcE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/bigleaguepolitics.com\/mike-lindell-exposes-florida-gov-ron-desantis-for-hosting-dominion-attorney-on-defamation-panel\/\">https:\/\/bigleaguepolitics.com\/mike-lindell-exposes-florida-gov-ron-desantis-for-hosting-dominion-attorney-on-defamation-panel\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is calling out Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, believing that he has \u201cshown his true\u201d colors for hosting a \u201cdefamation\u201d panel with an attorney for Dominion Voting Systems. DeSantis had Dominion attorney Libby Locke on his panel where he praised her as \u201cextraordinare at first amendment, defamation law.\u201d On the panel, Locke argued that it should be easier for firms like Dominion to win defamation lawsuits. \u201cIt\u2019s virtually impossible to bring and win one of these cases,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1237,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235\/revisions\/1237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}