Chris Hayes to stupid Trump JR tweet: He's....not Obama's FCC chairman. Your father made him chair

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Chris Hayes Retweeted Donald Trump Jr.

He's....not Obama's FCC chairman. Your father made him chair.

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Donald Trump Jr.?Verified account @DonaldJTrumpJr

I would pay good money to see all those people complaining about Obama’s FCC chairman voting to repeal #NetNeutality actually explain it in detail. I’d also bet most hadn’t heard of it before this week. #outrage
6:38 PM - 14 Dec 2017


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1. Sadly most of the commissioners were appointed by Obama.

Only two voted against.


Clyburn


http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db1214/DOC-348261A3.pdf

I dissent. I dissent from this fiercely-spun, legally-lightweight, consumer-harming, corporateenabling
Destroying Internet Freedom Order.

I dissent, because I am among the millions outraged. Outraged, because the FCC pulls its own
teeth, abdicating responsibility to protect the nation’s broadband consumers. Some may ask why are we
witnessing such an unprecedented groundswell of public support, for keeping the 2015 net neutrality
protections in place? Because the public can plainly see, that a soon-to-be-toothless FCC, is handing the
keys to the Internet – the Internet, one of the most remarkable, empowering, enabling inventions of our
lifetime – over to a handful of multi-billion dollar corporations. And if past is prologue, those very same
broadband internet service providers, that the majority says you should trust to do right by you, will put
profits and shareholder returns above, what is best for you.


The other dissent was strong as well and also an Obama appointee though Trump did leave her there.

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-takes-action-restore-internet-freedom/rosenworcel-statement

Net neutrality is internet freedom. I support that freedom. I dissent from this rash decision to roll back net neutrality rules. I dissent from the corrupt process that has brought us to this point. And I dissent from the contempt this agency has shown our citizens in pursuing this path today. This decision puts the Federal Communications Commission on the wrong side of history, the wrong side of the law, and the wrong side of the American public.

The future of the internet is the future of everything. That is because there is nothing in our commercial, social, and civic lives that has been untouched by its influence or unmoved by its power. And here in the United States our internet economy is the envy of the world. This is because it rests on a foundation of openness.

That openness is revolutionary. It means you can go where you want and do what you want online without your broadband provider getting in the way or making choices for you. It means every one of us can create without permission, build community beyond geography, organize without physical constraints, consume content we want when and where we want it, and share ideas not just around the corner but across the globe. I believe it is essential that we sustain this foundation of openness—and that is why I support net neutrality.

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2. Thanks for information.

[Vinca]

3. Chris was much too polite. It should have been:

"He's . . . not Obama's FCC chairman, you idiot."

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4. He was appointed by Obama and approved unanimously by the Senate

The problem really is that the FCC has 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats.