Following CNBC’s report, conservative media began to cover her plan with a similar frame. The Washington Times and National Review both wrote articles that emphasized “criminal penalties” for voter disinformation in the headline, while the Washington Examiner wrote that Warren “has a plan” for “criminalizing free speech online.”

More sensationalist right-wing outlets began to pick up the claim, going even further to suggest that Warren had proposed criminalizing free speech -- a natural trigger for conservative media. Some, like Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk, pointed to past personal statements by Warren to claim she’s being hypocritical. TheBlaze claimed Warren is proposing “criminal penalties for spreading ‘disinformation’ to voters online.” The Daily Wire didn’t mention in its headline that the penalties in Warren’s plan targeted voter suppression, claiming that she “proposes criminal penalties for anyone who spreads ‘disinformation’ online.” The New York Post titled its article “Liz Warren’s plan to control online speech is straight out of Orwell.”

It didn’t take long for the claim to reach Fox News. On January 29, Fox prime-time host Tucker Carlson claimed that Warren “has decided to go full fascist because that's who she is and has always been.” Like Kirk and others, Carlson pointed to Warren’s past statements before claiming that “this very same person is threatening to send you to prison for telling tall tales.” Carlson claimed Warren’s plan means that “when people say things that Elizabeth Warren doesn't like, … they should go to jail.”