Conservatives rejoice after key Biden nominee withdraws: 'Enormous victory for free speech'

Republicans and conservative groups cheered Tuesday after President Biden's beleaguered nominee for the Federal Communications Commission withdrew from consideration for the position.

"When I accepted his nomination over sixteen months ago, I could not have imagined that legions of cable and media industry lobbyists, their bought-and-paid-for surrogates, and dark money political groups with bottomless pockets would distort my over 30-year history as a consumer advocate into an absurd caricature of blatant lies," Sohn told The Washington Post in a statement. Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.

"The unrelenting, dishonest and cruel attacks on my character and my career as an advocate for the public interest have taken an enormous toll on me and my family," she added.