Combative Sohn Invite Not Approved: Movement Labs CEO
FCC nominee Gigi Sohn “gave us the state of play” on her stalled Senate confirmation process (see 2206070046) during an off-the-record June 10 Movement Labs webinar, “but it was a pretty small part of the call,” liberal campaign firm Movement…
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Labs CEO Yoni Landau told us Friday. The webinar last week drew the attention of Breitbart, which published invitation details that said Sohn’s confirmation “would fill out a 3-2 progressive majority” at the FCC “capable of breaking up Sinclair’s right-wing propaganda machine.” Sohn said during a December confirmation her past social media posts critical of conservative media outlets would have no bearing on how she would behave as a policymaker (see 2112010043). The Movement Labs invitation touted the June 10 event as an opportunity to hear from Sohn “about why she is right for this role, ask her tough questions about text, and get involved in pushing” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., “and a few scared Democrats to grow a spine and put this woman in power.” Movement Labs wanted to get Sohn’s “take on the future of texting technology” and robocalls given the group’s frequent use of text messaging as part of its work, Landau told us: “We had a staffer on our team who was really excited” Sohn agreed to appear “and then wrote this invitation with contents that didn’t have anything to do with” the actual event. Sohn “didn’t see that or approve of it” before Movement Labs sent the invitation out, he said. Sohn didn’t comment.