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would use the occasion to make headlines, rather than conduct genuine inquiries into her qualifications.or — to put it another way — going on theatrical diatribes that might play well to their base in snippets posted on social media. The obsession with creating content that agitates or arouses is a broad problem, encouraged by social media algorithms, that virtually every user experiences.
But it’s a particular problem when the addiction seems to nab lawmakers whose task is to legislate our lives, not focus on going viral.The competition is stiff, but Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has been the most overt clout-chaser throughout the hearings, going on repeated rants about everything from critical race theory to child pornography.
People watching in the courtroom and online pointed out that Cruz seemed to be scrolling social media once his rant ended, and a Los Angles Times photographer confirmed — with a photo — that Cruz had been checking Twitter for mentions of his name. Even Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, the first Republican to question Jackson after Cruz, seemed to reference Cruz’s outburst and tie it to a desire to go viral.
“I think we should recognize that the jackassery we often see around here is partly because of people mugging for short-term camera opportunities,”Cruz, as you may know if you follow politics online, has swooped in to fill the welcome void left by former President Donald Trump's bans from Twitter and Facebook. He's molded himself in Trump's virtualAll of this poses interesting, if not troubling, questions for the future of lawmaking in a world increasingly driven by social media.
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