New York Republican Representative and chair of the House Republican Conference Elise Stefanik tweeted some words of wisdom on Sunday.
Stefanik became GOP House chair after Wyoming Republican Representative Liz Cheney was stripped of the title for criticizing former President Donald Trump.
Stefanik posted:
"Free Speech is American"
"Censorship is Communism."
It went over about as well as one might expect.
Free Speech is American.\n \nCensorship is Communism.— Rep. Elise Stefanik (@Rep. Elise Stefanik) 1651428300
The tweet came as around the United States the Republican party is actively trying to censor free speech and ban books—Stefanik included.
A recent statement from Stefanik called Critical Race Theory "radical and racist" and condemned it being taught in schools—at grade levels where it has never been taught.
CARLSON: We bring you the latest on the Terrifying Thing That Is Very Clearly Not Happening\n\nHANNITY: Are our children safe from the Terrifying Thing That Is Very Clearly Not Happening?\n\nINGRAHAM: Parents are outraged by the Terrifying Thing That Very Clearly Is Not Happening— Dreamweasel (@Dreamweasel) 1650381283
The New York Republican stated:
"It is absolutely inappropriate and unacceptable that New York is using COVID funds to force the radical and racist Critical Race Theory agenda on our children."
Another prime example of the GOP'S attempts at censorship is Florida's so-called "Don't Say Gay" law which prohibits any instruction about sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-3 and greatly limits it for older children.
Twitter users pointed out the hypocrisy of Stefanik's assertion as the GOP has been behind most attempts at legislating censorship for the last several decades.
Censorship is a Republican position. #EdScare \nhttps://twitter.com/PENamerica/status/1512103618127843346?t=jSy38IktjvEKa9Tr7s2dSA&s=19\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/L1CBZXkbey— MINDF\u00a9\ufe0fK (@MINDF\u00a9\ufe0fK) 1651434468
I got blocked (and thus censored) by the @texasgop for pointing out their hypocrisy on this issue. They can surely dish it out, but cannot take it.— JJ \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 MendIovitz (@JJ \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 MendIovitz) 1651434186
pic.twitter.com/xgPCVMgMY5— Rhonda Harbison (@Rhonda Harbison) 1651429116
Then I'm sure you are in strong opposition to the Don't Say Gay bill in FL. I look forward to you registering a complaint with Governor DeSantis and speaking out about this tomorrow.— VeloVeloVelo! (@VeloVeloVelo!) 1651455984
Republican leaders try to ban books on race, lgbtq issues https://www.npr.org/2021/11/13/1055524205/more-republican-leaders-try-to-ban-books-on-race-lgbtq-issues\u00a0\u2026\n\nGotta admit, I did not have Rep Stefanik calling her fellow Republicans "Communists" on my bingo card.— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@Qasim Rashid, Esq.) 1651432224
She is right. Republicans have crossed the line.https://sports.yahoo.com/republican-gov-brian-kemp-signs-190000841.html\u00a0\u2026— J'accuse le juge John Roberts!! (@J'accuse le juge John Roberts!!) 1651431275
A few even used her own words against her, because there's always a tweet.
Greetings, comrade!pic.twitter.com/Mqgj1uCgvB— Kevin M. Kruse (@Kevin M. Kruse) 1651443084
So I assume you condemn censorship like this:pic.twitter.com/d3JbEhVJFE— Tom Non-Holiday-Themed-Name Hilton (@Tom Non-Holiday-Themed-Name Hilton) 1651431540
You literally protested the concept of \u201cEquity\u201d for children in schools.\n\nSit down.— Walter Masterson (@Walter Masterson) 1651441210
Others chose to highlight the right's tendency to—erroneously—call anything they either don't like or don't understand "Communism."
pic.twitter.com/N9t1IGIkGQ— Matt Wilkinson \ud83c\udf3b\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83d\udc3e Dog Rescue Volunteer (@Matt Wilkinson \ud83c\udf3b\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83d\udc3e Dog Rescue Volunteer) 1651430500
Define \u201cCommunism.\u201d— Andrew Zolides (@Andrew Zolides) 1651454968
Hypocrisy doesn't pay when there is an easily obtainable record.
The internet is forever, after all.
She is gonna want to censor that ratio— Jacque (@Jacque) 1651453711
Stefanik's account tweeted two sentence quips every two hours on Sunday.
The Republican Representative has yet to respond to her detractors on any of the tweets.
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