Hawley: Jackson's nomination shows Democrats have become 'radical pro-crime party'

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., told members of the largest conservative caucus in the House that Supreme Court nomination hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson revealed Democrats' passivity on crime, particularly concerning child pornography, and charged their allies in Big Tech are helping promote the exploitation of kids.

Hawley claimed Big Tech companies are complicit in the explosion of child porn. The number of online images and videos depicting child sexual abuse has grown exponentially, with the number skyrocketing from less than 1 million a decade ago to 45 million in 2018, according to The New York Times.

Hawley, who wrote a book about Big Tech censorship, said the number was nearly 85 million in 2021, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.