Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Republican House members on the call confirmed with Shellenberger’s publication, Public on Substack, that a Democratic senator asked about censoring social media companies, including Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY, though Kelly’s name was not specifically noted.
"Just got off a Zoom meeting with Fed, Treasury, FDIC, House and Senate," Massie tweeted on Sunday. "A Democrat Senator essentially asked whether there was a program in place to censor information on social media that could lead to a run on the banks."
After Shellenberger’s piece went out on Monday, Massie retweeted the story, saying, "His name."
A customer stands outside of a shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023, in Santa Clara, California. Silicon Valley Bank was shut down on Friday morning by California regulators and was put in control of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., confirmed with the Public that it was Kelly who asked about the censorship.
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Like Massie, Bishop retweeted Shellenberger’s post calling Kelly out.
Kelly and his camp did not immediately respond to questions regarding the desire to censor social media companies from putting false information out that could lead to bank depositors pulling their money out all at once.
The call on Sunday pertained to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the sudden need for a plan to deal with the fallout.
Biden officials have insisted they do not plan to bail out SVB’s investors and that taxpayers will not pay to reimburse bank customers.
The bank was shut down by regulators following a rush of investors withdrawing funds, resulting in the largest U.S. bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis.