Facebook and Twitter are subpoenaed to testify before the Senate amid allegations of censorship

"Senate Judiciary Committee has just voted subpoenas to @Facebook and @Twitter - all Republicans voting yes. BIG victory that didn’t look possible even 24 hrs ago"

As Senator Josh Hawley states, this was not thought to be possible even 24 hours ago, and represents a bold and unexpected move for the Senate.

On Thursday, Oct. 15, Ted Cruz called for the issuing of these subpoenas, and stated that they would be issued as early as Tuesday, for hearings that would take place Friday, the day after the second and final presidential debate.

He ran into roadblocks, however, when the Judiciary Committee refused to go forward with the vote. Now that's all changed, and the votes are in, the subpoenas are issued, and the Senate is due some answers.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has authorized subpoenas for the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter, respectively, regarding their censorship of the New York Post's reporting on Hunter Biden and allegations of influence peddling and collusion with foreign interests.

Both CEOs, Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, were already slated to testify before the Senate Commerce Committee next week, along with Google's CEO Sundar Pichai, regarding issues of media bias and violation of privacy with regard to user data. However, this current subpoena deals with the issue of interfering in the outcome of an election.

Out of the 22 Judiciary Committee members, 12 Republicans voted unanimously for the subpoenas to be issued. The ten Democrat members walked out of the proceedings and declined to vote, also a unanimous decision along party lines.

The specific text of the motion for the subpoenas also calls for "any other content moderation policies, practices, or actions that may interfere with or influence elections for federal office," including any and all recent actions banning or reducing or blocking distribution of content from its users.

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