Whenever leftists are confronted by facts and evidence, their go-to response is always to accuse their opponents of some kind of “phobia” rather than address the issues at hand.  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez does not disappoint in that regard when faced with an ethics violation delivered by Libs Of TikTok founder Chaya Raichik. 

BREAKING: I served @AOC with an ethics complaint after she lied about me in a committee hearing. AOC wasn’t in her office but then I bumped into her as I was leaving the Capitol!

Watch what happens: pic.twitter.com/Lhrrzo1w8Q

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 30, 2023

AOC accused Libs Of TikTok of posting false information on Boston Children’s Hospital engaged in gender affirmation surgeries and inciting a bomb threat to the facility.  The Boston Children’s Hospital did in fact erase references on their website to such surgeries available to 17-year-olds after the Libs Of TikTok exposure.  Studies at the same hospital also show it approved gender-affirming chest surgeries for individuals over 15 years old and genital surgeries for those over 17 years of age.     

While AOC accuses Raichik of being “transphobic” before running away, and Libs Of TikTok has been blocked on numerous occasions by social media platforms, it should be pointed out that the account simply re-posts the videos of leftists and their hot takes.  In other words, Libs Of TikTok is often labeled as “hate speech” merely for showing the rants of leftist activists to the world.  The irony of this cannot be ignored. 

This post was originally published at Zero Hedge

Republican Senators clashed on floor Wednesday over a bill proposing a ban on the Chinese social media app Tik Tok, with Rand Paul schooling Josh Hawley on exactly why the legislation won’t fly.

Hawley’s legislation would prohibit TikTok from operating in the U.S. and ban all commercial activity with TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.

The topic has become one of contention, being connected with enhanced efforts on China’s part to carry out surveillance.

Paul immediately expressed opposition, however, noting “There are two main reasons why we might not want to do this. The one would be the First Amendment to the Constitution. Speech is protected whether you like it or not. The second reason would be that the Constitution actually prohibits bills of attainder.”

Bills of attainder allow the government to punish individuals or groups without a trial.  

“This fails on two egregious points, pretty obvious points. I think we ought to think about that,” Paul added.  

Paul further stated “I think we should be aware of those who peddle fear. I think we should be aware of those who use fear to coax Americans to relinquish our liberties.”

“Every accusation of data-gathering that’s been attributed to TikTok could also be attributed to domestic Big Tech companies,” he pointed out.  

Hawley responded to Paul, asserting “I have never before heard on this floor a defense of the right to spy.” 

“I didn’t realize that the First Amendment contained a right to espionage. The senator from Kentucky mentions the Bill of Rights. I must have missed the right of the Chinese government to spy on Americans in our Bill of Rights,” Hawley added, ignoring Paul’s wider point.

“In a free country, I don’t have the right to tell The New York Times to publish by op-ed or YouTube to publish my speech,” Paul hit back, adding that Americans can easily quit using Tik Tok.

“But don’t disenfranchise 150 million Americans who are using a social media app and just say it’s no big deal,” Paul said.

He later asked “Which is more dangerous: Videos of teenagers dancing or the precedent of the U.S. government banning speech?”

“For me it’s an easy answer. I will defend the Bill of Rights against all comers, even if, need be, from members of my own party,” Paul emphasised.

The full exchange is below:

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Appearing Hannity Wednesday, Senator Ted Cruz expanded on his comments earlier in the week to the head of the Department of Homeland Security, charging that Democrats are ignoring serious criminality at the border in the hope that illegal immigrants will become future voters.

“They are allowing it because they made a political choice,” Cruz said, asserting that the plan only works with the complicity of the establishment media to also ignore the crisis.

“At the beginning of the Biden administration, they decided unlimited illegal immigration, open borders, they view everyone of those 5.5 million illegal immigrants that have come in under Joe Biden as a future Democrat voter,” Cruz urged.

He added, “And so they’re perfectly willing to turn a blind eye, they don’t care about the children that are physically assaulted, that are sexually assaulted.”

“They don’t about the women who were raped. They don’t care about the dead bodies that are piling up,” the Senator proclaimed.

Watch:

On Tuesday, Cruz told DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to his face “your refusal to do your job is revolting,” adding “you’re willing to let children be raped to follow political orders.”

“This is a crisis, it’s disgrace, and you won’t even admit this human tragedy is a crisis,” Cruz continue, calling for Mayorkas to resign.

Video: Ted Cruz Eviscerates DHS Secretary For STILL Refusing To Admit There Is Border Crisis

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