Joe Biden has been accused of acting like 'a Cuban dictator' after his administration moved to force tech companies to clamp down on coronavirus misinformation.
A letter to the president was written on Thursday by Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and the three top Republicans in the House - Leader Kevin McCarthy, Whip Steve Scalise and Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik.
It was signed by 190 House Republicans in total.
'The federal government's ongoing efforts to pressure private companies to censor speech that it disagrees with is alarming and an affront to the First Amendment,' they wrote, in a letter obtained by Fox News.
'It is the type of behavior we would expect from a Cuban dictator, not a President of the United States.'
Elise Stefanik, the House Republican Chair, is one of four senior members of her party who wrote a letter to Joe Biden, accusing him of acting 'like a Cuban dictator'. She is flanked, to her right, by Steve Scalise, another author of the letter
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was another of the co-authors of the letter
Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, was the fourth co-author of Thursday's letter
The four Republicans accused Biden of behaving 'like a Cuban dictator'. Pictured are protesters against the Cuban government, in Miami, on July 18
A photo of Cuba's president, Miguel Diaz Canel, is daubed with red paint and the word 'assassin' during a protest in Miami against the government in Havana on July 18
On Tuesday Kate Bedingfield, the White House communications director, said that social media companies should be held accountable for publishing misleading information on the COVID vaccine.
She also said the administration is reviewing Section 230 - a 1990s era ruling that prevents tech firms from being held liable for their content, in the way that newspaper and magazine publishers are.
'Social media companies have a responsibility,' Bedingfield said on MSNBC's Morning Joe, echoing a message that has come out of the White House this week
