<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/twitter">Twitter</a> announced that parts of its source code was leaked online, making it potentially vulnerable to hackers, and the platform&#8217;s officials suspect a disgruntled insider is to blame.
The social media company on Friday <a href="https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2023/03/2023-03-24-twitter.md">notified</a> GitHub, an online hosting service for software development, that it had allowed Twitter code to be posted in violation of copyright law, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/technology/twitter-source-code-leak.html">reported.</a> Twitter filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California asking it to order GitHub to identify the person behind the leak and anyone else involved in the caper, the Times reported.
GitHub responded to the Twitter filing by asking for a description of the copyrighted code that had allegedly been infringed, prompting Twitter to say the material was “proprietary source code for Twitter&#8217;s platform and internal tools.” The platform acknowledged that it had no measures in place to control access to the content.
The source code is the critical software behind Twitter&#8217;s programming functions. Threat analyst Brett Callow told the Times that the public posting of Twitter’s source code could help hackers by making  “it a little bit easier and speedier to probe for vulnerabilities.”
GitHub took the posting down on Friday, but it had reportedly been up for months. It was not known when Twitter became aware that the code had been posted before bringing it to GitHub&#8217;s attention. In the Friday filing, Twitter asked GitHub to save any data that could be relevant to determining who was behind the act, including contact info, IP addresses or other information.
According to the Times, the person who leaked Twitter’s source code apparently self-identified as “FreeSpeechEnthusiast” on GitHub.
Twitter owner Elon Musk has said he intends to make critical parts of the company&#8217;s code &#8220;open source,&#8221; or accessible to the public by the end of this month.
“Twitter will open source all code used to recommend tweets on March 31st. &#8230; We’re developing a simplified approach to serve more compelling tweets, but it’s still a work in progress,&#8221; Musk tweeted on March 17. &#8220;That’ll also be open source. Providing code transparency will be incredibly embarrassing at first, but it should lead to rapid improvement in recommendation quality. Most importantly, we hope to earn your trust.”
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Our “algorithm” is overly complex &amp; not fully understood internally. People will discover many silly things , but we’ll patch issues as soon as they’re found!
We’re developing a simplified approach to serve more compelling tweets, but it’s still a work in progress. That’ll also…
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1636838845894279168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Musk has slashed Twitter&#8217;s workforce since acquiring the company in October. By the end of February, Twitter had reduced its staff from 7,500 to fewer than 2,000 employees. Musk said Friday that despite the company’s worth having dropped to $20 billion, he thought it could be worth $250 billion in the future.

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CNN writer John Blake accused white people of wearing &#8220;digital blackface&#8221; if they shared memes or gifs featuring black people and expressions in order to &#8220;convey comic relief or express emotions.&#8221;
Referring to the most popular memes and gifs as &#8220;radicalized reactions,&#8221; Blake <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/26/us/digital-blackface-social-media-explainer-blake-cec/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> that black people &#8220;get a pass&#8221; for using them — but when white people did so, they had &#8220;inadvertently perpetuated one of the most insidious forms of contemporary racism.&#8221;
Blake went on to quote a 2017 Teen Vogue <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/digital-blackface-reaction-gifs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> written by Lauren Michele Jackson — in which she argued that people often cherry-picked gifs that featured black people when attempting to express extreme emotions.
&#8220;While reaction GIFs can and do every feeling under the sun, white and nonblack users seem to especially prefer GIFs with black people when it comes to emitting their most exaggerated emotions,&#8221; Jackson wrote. &#8220;Extreme joy, annoyance, anger and occasions for drama and gossip are a magnet for images of black people, especially black femmes.&#8221;
Blake went on later in the article to refer to &#8220;digital blackface&#8221; as a &#8220;modern-day repackaging of <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/02/us/racist-origins-of-blackface/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">minstrel shows</a>.&#8221;
But when Blake&#8217;s article made the rounds on Twitter on Sunday, critics had a field day with the idea.
Radio host Clay Travis tied the concept to the transgender movement, tweeting, &#8220;I’d love to hear an explanation of how posting a gif or meme of a black person online is digital blackface, but a man dressing up like a woman in real life is heroic. Please explain @cnn.&#8221;
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I’d love to hear an explanation of how posting a gif or meme of a black person online is digital blackface, but a man dressing up like a woman in real life is heroic. Please explain <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cnn</a>. <a href="https://t.co/fPYXF5ogDC">pic.twitter.com/fPYXF5ogDC</a>
&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1640034870381428745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The Media Research Center&#8217;s Nicholas Fondacaro added, &#8220;CNN boss Chris Licht: I want to make CNN a place of reasonable discussions again. CNN: Segregate memes!!!&#8221;
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CNN boss Chris Licht: I want to make CNN a place of reasonable discussions again.
CNN: Segregate memes!!! <a href="https://t.co/pBc4ZRiqU7">https://t.co/pBc4ZRiqU7</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1640125485886611457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;CNN is more concerned about digital blackface than they are biological men wearing womanface IRL,&#8221; Siraj Hashmi added.
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CNN is more concerned about digital blackface than they are biological men wearing womanface IRL <a href="https://t.co/XRQGpbcWay">https://t.co/XRQGpbcWay</a>
&mdash; siraj hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) <a href="https://twitter.com/SirajAHashmi/status/1640076025215307778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The modern-day segregationists do everything possible to keep people divided by race, prevent them from having joyful and natural interactions, ban them from appreciating the culture and humor of others, and in general demand that they have as little in common as possible,&#8221; independent journalist Glenn Greenwald remarked.
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The modern-day segregationists do everything possible to keep people divided by race, prevent them from having joyful and natural interactions, ban them from appreciating the culture and humor of others, and in general demand that they have as little in common as possible: <a href="https://t.co/pMXVCAf2Xr">https://t.co/pMXVCAf2Xr</a>
&mdash; Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1640048627702792192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;When the demand for racism radically outstrips the supply,&#8221; came from Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro.
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When the demand for racism radically outstrips the supply <a href="https://t.co/CnnB3KfDDv">https://t.co/CnnB3KfDDv</a>
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1640043336647036929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Matt Walsh chimed in as well, noting just how many critics had responded to the piece.
&#8220;Is this the worst ratio of all time?&#8221; he asked.
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Is this the worst ratio of all time? <a href="https://t.co/aY6Z8q2vGy">pic.twitter.com/aY6Z8q2vGy</a>
&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1640087475887521795?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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In 1980, the book &#8220;Friendly Fascism&#8221; warned that <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=fascism+dailywire&amp;rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS998US998&amp;oq=fascism+dailywire&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l2.2899j0j9&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Big Government and Big Business</a> would align and join forces in America, suppressing the common man, while ushering in a new era of tyranny wrapped in a false sense of patriotism while being served with a &#8220;smile.&#8221;
Now, newly uncovered emails suggest that the Biden White House pressured Big Tech into a similar form of &#8220;Friendly Fascism&#8221; even more than previously known by targeting private speech under the guise of COVID-19 precautions.
While the U.S. government was apparently coordinating with Big Tech on public-facing social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, there has been scant reporting on how the executive branch wanted personal and encrypted messages censored — until now.
On Friday, investigative journalist David Zweig <a href="https://davidzweig.substack.com/p/biden-white-house-pressured-meta?sd=pf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that he obtained White House emails thanks to the court case Missouri v Biden which showed that only six days into the Biden administration, key high-ranking staffers were already pestering Facebook&#8217;s parent company, Meta, to take action to limit COVID vaccine &#8220;disinformation&#8221; across its platforms — including Meta&#8217;s private messaging app, WhatsApp.
Based on that article, in late March of 2021, Rob Flaherty, Biden&#8217;s White House Director of Digital Strategy, sent Meta an email demanding answers to what the company was doing to prevent certain messages that cast doubt on the COVID vaccine from proliferating on WhatsApp.
&#8220;Flaherty wanted to know what they were doing to reduce harm on the messaging app,&#8221; Zweig reported. &#8220;Seemingly dissatisfied with earlier explanations, on March 22, 2021, he wrote, &#8216;If you can’t see the message, I’m genuinely curious—how do you know what kinds of messages you’ve cut down on?'&#8221;
Unlike Facebook, WhatsApp contains no public-facing aspect of its platform. It is used solely for users to have an encrypted way of communicating with each other. Ninety percent of groups have less than 10 individuals in each group, according to the emails obtained by Zweig.
During the White House&#8217;s email exchanges with the company, Flaherty sent a series of questions, seemingly all related to making sure that Meta could be trusted to limit free speech.
At one point, the WhatsApp representative tried to politely explain to Flaherty how WhatsApp is different from other social media sites, thus negating the need for most moderation efforts as found on other sites.
Flaherty responded he was &#8220;Very aware ☺️&#8221; — replete with a smile emoji, unlike that grin warned about in that 43-year-old book — how the app worked as he tried to bully Big Tech into joining forces with Big Government.
WhatsApp, according to Zweig, had chosen instead to send certain pieces of information to its users to counteract any potentially harmful speech. They also argued that because no &#8220;virality&#8221; was impossible on the application, then they were limiting the spread of unapproved speech that the White House was trying to limit.
By April 2021, the emails indicate that Flaherty was still fed up with Meta for not properly answering his questions.
&#8220;I care mostly about what actions and changes you’re making to ensure you’re not making our country’s vaccine hesitancy problem worse,&#8221; he emailed to Meta at the time. &#8220;I still don’t have a good, empirical answer on how effective you’ve been at reducing the spread of vaccine-skeptical content and misinformation to vaccine fence sitters.&#8221;
Now, why is this important given everything we know from the Twitter Files, the nixed-Government Disinformation Board, and other &#8220;misinformation&#8221; efforts?
For years, Democrats have argued that the ability for lies that could damage the nation to go viral necessitates a close relationship between the government and Big Tech, working hand-in-hand to protect the American public.
WhatsApp, however, is effectively no different than a phone call, email, or a chat at the bar with your friends. What is being said in those messages is none of the government&#8217;s business — so long as it is not encouraging or part of a crime.
Zweig&#8217;s report raises new questions about how far the Biden White House was — or is — willing to go to block speech that it does not approve of. Worse, it seems they&#8217;ll try to trample on private citizens through Big Tech with a smile on their faces — or in their own emails.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

TOPSHOT – In this photo illustration taken on July 21, 2022 in Washington, DC, a video tweet from US President Joe Biden is seen on a cell phone, juxtaposed on a computer screen in the background, with a breaking news alert that the President has tested positive for the coronavirus, – The short video clip filmed on a White House balcony, says: “I really appreciate all your inquiries and concern, but I am doing well… it’s going to be OK.” Announcing Biden’s diagnosis, the White House stressed that the president was fully vaccinated and twice boosted, and said he was “experiencing very mild symptoms.”

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Nostalgic fans got a thrill this week when they noticed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Blockbuster Video</a> reactivated its website, leading social media users to speculate that the movie rental <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/business">company</a> was staging a comeback.
Blockbuster.com currently has a cryptic message posted that says, “We are working on rewinding your movie.”
The official business <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/twitter">Twitter</a> has been active all along and posting jokes. 
“New business idea: We’re going to come back as a bank and use VHS and DVDs as currency. Time to go visit your mom,” the company <a href="https://twitter.com/blockbuster/status/1636021300966588417">tweeted</a> on March 15.
“Our 2023 New Year’s resolution was to reopen Blockbuster but it seemed like a lot of work so we quit. Should we start going to the gym instead?” the account <a href="https://twitter.com/blockbuster/status/1617677575446495233?s=20">joked</a> in January. 
Blockbuster was established as a video and video game rental service in 1985 by David Cook. At the height of the company’s popularity in 2004, Blockbuster Video boasted more than 9,000 retail stores and employed more than 84,000 people. It became a weekend tradition for many Americans to visit Blockbuster and pick out a movie to watch at home.
Changing technology, especially Netflix DVDs by mail and eventually streaming platforms, led to the downfall of Blockbuster. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2010 and had shuttered most of its stores by 2014. 
Currently, one franchise location remains open in Bend, Oregon, and remains a popular tourist destination. “The Last Blockbuster” documentary aired on Netflix in 2020. 
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Some fans were thrilled with the idea of Blockbuster staging a comeback. 
“@blockbuster are you coming back? I promise to break up with @netflix if you do! I’m using my mom’s password anyway,” one person <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/23/blockbuster-fans-hope-for-a-comeback-after-website-goes-live/">shared</a>.
“The Blockbuster website is alive?? if they make a comeback in ANY way I will cry,” another fan agreed. 
“Some of my favorite childhood memories were going to Blockbuster on a Friday night,” a third person <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristianG1122/status/1636284862695981056">wrote</a>.
Others questioned how a brick-and-mortar movie rental store could work in the modern world and had suggestions for updating the business.
“They need to become a streaming service and charge less then [sic] Netflix,” one fan suggested.
The company attempted to adapt its movie rental process with changing tastes. In the early days of Netflix, Blockbuster started mailing DVD rentals to customers, but was reluctant to switch to streaming like Netflix did.
The Blockbuster brand was sold to satellite TV company Dish in 2011 for $320 million, per <a href="https://variety.com/2013/film/news/blockbuster-to-close-all-remaining-u-s-stores-1200802109/">Variety</a>. They owned the licensing rights and created a standalone app called Blockbuster On Demand. The app is not currently available.

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A top <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> executive attacked the House Energy and Commerce committee hearing on TikTok, accusing members of &#8220;xenophobia.&#8221;
TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas said that the hearing &#8220;felt rooted in xenophobia.&#8221; TikTok itself also blasted the hearing in a statement of its own. The company&#8217;s response came after a tense hearing between CEO Shou Zi Chew, in which members from both parties blasted the Chinese-owned social media app for targeting children and violating the data privacy of Americans.
&#8220;We&#8217;re committed to providing a safe, secure platform, that fosters an inclusive place for our amazing, diverse communities to call home,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/v_ness/status/1639000020077924352?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pappas</a> wrote on Twitter. &#8220;It’s a shame today’s conversation felt rooted in xenophobia. Thank you to our employees who work tirelessly to protect our platform &amp; community.&#8221;
TikTok itself also knocked the committee hearing, claiming that members were engaged in political grandstanding instead of acknowledging the steps the app has taken to improve safety. &#8220;Our CEO, @ShouChew, came prepared to answer questions from Congress, but unfortunately, the day was dominated by political grandstanding that failed to acknowledge real solutions already underway through Project Texas or address industry-wide issues of youth safety,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/TikTokComms/status/1638993513936478209" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok Comms</a> wrote.
&#8220;Also not mentioned today by members of the @HouseCommerce Committee: the livelihoods of the 5 million businesses on TikTok or the First Amendment implications of banning a platform loved by 150 million Americans,&#8221; the <a href="https://twitter.com/TikTokComms/status/1638993515874078744?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">company</a> added.
Pappas&#8217; comments seemed to stem from an <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/politics/its-a-pretty-easy-question-tiktok-ceo-declines-three-chances-to-acknowledge-chinese-persecution-of-uyghurs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exchange</a> between Chew and Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), in which Lesko asked him to denounce the persecution of Uyghur Muslims by the Chinese Communist Party. Chew repeatedly evaded the question, preferring to talk about the content on the app, but Lesko asked him the question several times.
“Do you agree that the Chinese government has persecuted the Uyghur population?” Lesko asked.
&#8220;If you use our app, and you open it, you will see our users who give all sorts of content,&#8221; Chew said.
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“Well, it’s deeply concerning to hear about all accounts of human rights abuse; my role here is to explain what our platform does” said Chew, before being cut off again.
“I think you’re being pretty evasive,&#8221; Lesko interjected. &#8220;It’s a pretty easy question.” She then asked her question a third time.
“Congresswoman, I’m here to describe TikTok and what we do as a platform,&#8221; Chew replied. &#8220;And as a platform, we allow our users to freely express themselves on this issue and any other issue that matters to them.&#8221;
But commenters replying to Pappas&#8217; post pointed out that Chew dodging the question was actually an indicator that TikTok may be compromised by the CCP.
&#8220;One of TikTok&#8217;s core claims is that it is independent of its Chinese parent, ByteDance,&#8221; cybersecurity expert <a href="https://twitter.com/gillespiejames_/status/1639029795559440384?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Gillespie</a> wrote in reply to Pappas. &#8220;So it seems reasonable for Congress to ask the CEO if he condemns the Uyghur genocide, because if he won&#8217;t that surely says something about how free he feels to displease Beijing.&#8221;
&#8220;You can see here how well the Chinese communist state apparatus has mastered the idiocies of the West &amp; its media classes &#8211; pronouns, safetyism, ‘diverse communities,’ claiming &#8216;xenophobia&#8217; &#8230; a masterclass in understanding &amp; exploiting the West&#8217;s neuroses,&#8221; journalist <a href="https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1639019455538921472?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gray Connolly</a> added.
&#8220;COO of TikTok says that todays hearing — where CEO of TikTok on several occasions refused to condemn concentration camps filled with a religious minority — &#8216;felt rooted in xenophobia,’” journalist <a href="https://twitter.com/ZaidJilani/status/1639014091489411072?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zaid Jilani</a> tweeted.
&#8220;Calling real concerns about data security and content filtering xenophobic is certainly an interesting approach to take,&#8221; CNBC writer <a href="https://twitter.com/Kantrowitz/status/1639006996648132609?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alex Kantrowitz</a> added.

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&#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/the-young-turks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Young Turks</a>&#8221; co-host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-get-so-much-flack-for-saying-this-ana-kasparian-talks-failed-leftist-policies-with-ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ana Kasparian</a> on Thursday set the internet ablaze when she ripped woke &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trans</a> inclusive&#8221; terms for being &#8220;degrading&#8221; to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/what-is-a-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">women</a>.
Kasparian, an unapologetic member of the Left, has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/his-audience-isnt-crying-about-it-young-turks-ana-kasparian-defends-debate-with-ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">caught flak</a> from some extremists on her side of the aisle in the past for engaging in debate and discussion with people on the Right, most notably Daily Wire emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-ben-shapiro-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro</a> back in 2021.
&#8220;I&#8217;m a woman,&#8221; the pundit tweeted Thursday. &#8220;Please don&#8217;t ever refer to me as a person with a uterus, birthing person, or person who menstruates. How do people not realize how degrading this is? You can support the transgender community without doing this s***.&#8221;
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I&#39;m a woman. Please don&#39;t ever refer to me as a person with a uterus, birthing person, or person who menstruates. How do people not realize how degrading this is? You can support the transgender community without doing this shit.
&mdash; Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnaKasparian/status/1638608868485005314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Taking on a critic from the Left complaining about so-called inclusion, Kasparian responded, &#8220;I have zero problem with inclusion. None. But there’s gotta be a better way than boiling it down to a body part, no? Especially in the context of having reproductive rights taken away from people who just see women as a baby-making vessel. That’s all I’m saying.&#8221;
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Lizz, I have zero problem with inclusion. None. But there’s gotta be a better way than boiling it down to a body part, no? Especially in the context of having reproductive rights taken away from people who just see woman as a baby-making vessel. That’s all I’m saying.
&mdash; Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnaKasparian/status/1638910906016071687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Unsurprisingly, the liberal host was attacked and called names, such as &#8220;transphobe,&#8221; from some on the Left.
One male Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/SwipeWright/status/1638724169591574528" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to Kasparian, &#8220;Oh f*** off with this made up bulls***. Trans folks are having their existence in state after state and you want to whine about this s***.&#8221;
&#8220;Ana Kasparian going mask off transphobe bigot was not on my 2023 bingo card,&#8221; an <a href="https://twitter.com/KarnRulez/status/1638675540155461633" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attack</a> read.
&#8220;She’s choosing bigot-mongering optics over marginalized folks,&#8221; a Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/se_ransdell/status/1638661164535287808" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a>.
Another person <a href="https://twitter.com/DeerChoice/status/1638702545781800960" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a>, &#8220;I prefer my feminism to include everyone. My womanhood isn’t threatened by the existence of non binary or trans people. Why is yours?&#8221;
&#8220;Literally no one is earth is telling you that you cannot call yourself a woman or that they won’t refer to you as a woman. A completely made up problem,&#8221; someone else <a href="https://twitter.com/JustinKollar/status/1638773600001077249" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a>.
She also received support, including from her co-host and The Young Turks (TYT) founder Cenk Uygur, who retweeted Kasparian&#8217;s viral tweet and made it clear he supports her, even if they have disagreements.
&#8220;If you think I&#8217;m going to tell my female co-host what she can call herself or what words she&#8217;s allowed to use, you&#8217;re nuts,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;And you don&#8217;t know me at all. We do something radical at TYT, we let everyone have their own opinion. I know it&#8217;s a novel concept in media.&#8221;
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If you think I&#39;m going to tell my female co-host what she can call herself or what words she&#39;s allowed to use, you&#39;re nuts. And you don&#39;t know me at all. We do something radical at TYT, we let everyone have their own opinion. I know it&#39;s a novel concept in media.
&mdash; Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) <a href="https://twitter.com/cenkuygur/status/1638749437832101888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Further, when a Twitter user told Uygur his co-host was not going to &#8220;learn&#8221; from her apparently inappropriate tweet, he fired back, &#8220;This kind of patronizing attitude makes people loathe far-left extremists. Who the f*** are you to say that Ana should &#8216;learn&#8217; what to say? Here is a man explaining to a woman what she should call herself. This mansplainer probably pretends to be a progressive.&#8221;
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This kind of patronizing attitude makes people loathe far-left extremists. Who the fuck are you to say that Ana should &quot;learn&quot; what to say? Here is a man explaining to a woman what she should call herself. This mansplainer probably pretends to be a progressive. <a href="https://t.co/NqBE8WICgQ">https://t.co/NqBE8WICgQ</a>
&mdash; Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) <a href="https://twitter.com/cenkuygur/status/1638752328978427905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Folks on the Right weighed-in, too.
Ben Shapiro retweeted Kasparian&#8217;s post, and author and Daily Wire+ host Jordan Peterson told the liberal, &#8220;You are about to learn something [Ana Kasparian]&#8221; — a reference to the attacks she ultimately received. 
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You are about to learn something <a href="https://twitter.com/AnaKasparian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AnaKasparian</a> <a href="https://t.co/V3v6dtCEOr">https://t.co/V3v6dtCEOr</a>
&mdash; Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) <a href="https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1638765745562689536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Your &#8216;side&#8217; is gonna roast you now. I hope you&#8217;re ready for the tolerance,&#8221; rapper and commentator Zuby told Kasparian.
&#8220;They have the right to speak their piece, as do I,&#8221; the TYT host responded.
&#8220;Yes you do,&#8221; Zuby said. &#8220;I just hope you&#8217;re prepared for the blowback and won&#8217;t back down or apologise for wanting to be called what you are.&#8221;
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Yes you do. I just hope you&#39;re prepared for the blowback and won&#39;t back down or apologise for wanting to be called what you are.
&mdash; ZUBY: (@ZubyMusic) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZubyMusic/status/1638647443758764036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I regret to inform you that you have just endorsed literal genocide,&#8221; journalist Michael Tracy quipped, referring to unhinged Left-wing reactions to critics of the transgender ideology.
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I regret to inform you that you have just endorsed literal genocide
&mdash; Michael Tracey (@mtracey) <a href="https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1638680413916000257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Never apologize for this,&#8221; CEO of The Babylon Bee Seth Dillon said, warning, &#8220;Just keep in mind that going along with what they’re doing is the only way to support them. You either join them in their hostile takeover of what’s real and true or you don’t.&#8221;
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Just keep in mind that going along with what they’re doing is the only way to support them. You either join them in their hostile takeover of what’s real and true or you don’t.
&mdash; Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethDillon/status/1638711670439833600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-get-so-much-flack-for-saying-this-ana-kasparian-talks-failed-leftist-policies-with-ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘I Get So Much Flack For Saying This’: Ana Kasparian Talks Failed Leftist Policies With Ben Shapiro</a>

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Far-Left Pundit Posts Viral Tweet Ripping Woke ‘Trans Inclusive’ Terms For Women; Left Attacks Her  

Far-Left Pundit Ana Kasparian Posts Viral Tweet Ripping Woke ‘Trans-Inclusive’ Words For Women 

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The Harlem Globetrotters have gone viral after a clip surfaced showing one of the players on the team showing a kid in a wheelchair how to hold a spinning <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nba" target="_blank" rel="noopener">basketball</a> with one finger.
In a video posted to <a href="https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/status/1637511203592327170?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> on Sunday by Chief Digital Evangelist Vala Afshar, viewers see a Globetrotter with the number 7 on his jersey spinning a basketball on top of one finger, then handing it over to the young child who&#8217;s holding up his finger.
The member of the exhibition basketball team then places the ball on the young child&#8217;s finger as it keeps on spinning. The ball soon comes down and the young boy — who appears reliant on some kind of oxygen machine — catches it. He gives the man wearing the #7 jersey a high five and is all smiles after the exchange.
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“The most beautiful thing in the world is a child&#39;s smile. 
The next best thing? Knowing that you are the reason behind it.” <a href="https://t.co/iNwFy6uqjW">pic.twitter.com/iNwFy6uqjW</a>
&mdash; Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) <a href="https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/status/1637511203592327170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2023</a></blockquote>
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At the time of this publication, the clip had been viewed more than six million times and counting.
Doing a search on social media, it appears that the video first surfaced on Twitter on January 30. It was shared by the outlet Overtime, and that clip has been viewed 4.4 million times as of publication.
There was no further information shared about where the meet-up between the two took place or when. The only thing included with the post was a message that read, &#8220;That smile means everything.&#8221;
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The post also shared a handle that credited the Globetrotter as being Lucius &#8220;TOO TALL&#8221; Winston, who also shared the clip on his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnfWBXEIY1Z/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> recently.
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Reading through the comments attached to Afshar&#8217;s post, many people said it made them hopeful and that it touched their heart.
&#8220;This is so beautiful. This just comes to show humanity isn&#8217;t over yet,&#8221; one person wrote.
Another wrote, &#8220;Pure joy. My happy childhood memory was seeing the globetrotters 50 years ago. Amazing.&#8221;
While another tweeted, &#8220;So many years! I am in my 70&#8217;s and saw them when I was young. Took my daughter, various cancer kids I volunteered with through the years. And they are still the best present to give a child who loves basketball.&#8221;

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Harlem Globetrotters Go Viral After Interaction With Kid In A Wheelchair

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">Trans advocate</a> Dylan Mulvaney set off a firestorm over the weekend after posting a video featuring an Eloise bit.
The 26-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tiktok">TikTok</a> star has become one of the most prominent and well-known activists thanks to the “Days of Girlhood” series, which documents Mulvaney’s “transition” experience. Mulvaney is known for over-the-top enthusiasm, which critics claim is contrived and offensive to women.
Mulvaney’s newest video shows the influencer dressed in a white button-down shirt, black skirt with black suspenders, white knee socks, and a big pink bow in the style of the popular <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/children">children’s book</a> character, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Eloise</a>. The narration on the TikTok video is in the voice of the child character upon which it is based.
“I’m Eloise. I am six,” the little girl says as Mulvaney lip-syncs along. “I’m a city child. I live at the Plaza Hotel, which is huge and wonderful, and très élégant, especially at Christmastime.” With this, Mulvaney flops onto a bed that has a neon sign above it reading, “Eloise.”
The “Eloise” book series was written by Kay Thompson in the 1950s about a little girl who lives in the Plaza Hotel in New York City with her nanny and pets.
Reactions to Mulvaney’s video pointed out how the influencer focuses intently on acting like a little girl.
“Dylan Mulvaney is a 26 year old man. Pretending to be a woman wasn’t enough so now he’s pretending to be a little girl? This isn’t normal. This is mental illness,” conservative pundit CJ Pearson <a href="https://twitter.com/thecjpearson/status/1637538385790386177">wrote</a>.
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Dylan Mulvaney is a 26 year old man. 
Pretending to be a woman wasn’t enough so now he’s pretending to be a little girl? 
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&mdash; CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) <a href="https://twitter.com/thecjpearson/status/1637538385790386177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“Ok this is creepy as f***. Dylan Mulvaney sympathizers need to stop,” Cassandra MacDonald, editor-in-chief at Timcast News, agreed.
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“Dylan Mulvaney isn&#8217;t pretending to be a woman,” another Twitter user shared. “He&#8217;s pretending to be a teenaged girl. It&#8217;s a fetish. That&#8217;s why the reaction to him is so visceral.”
Last week, the activist appeared on “The Drew Barrymore Show” to promote a live production of “Day 365 of Girlhood,” which took place at the Rainbow Room in New York City. Images of Barrymore kneeling in front of Mulvaney during their conversation quickly went viral. 
“Drew Barrymore getting on her knees to worship at the feet of Dylan Mulvaney might be one of [the] more disturbing moments of recent TV,” one Twitter user <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pure-cringe-drew-barrymore-kneels-before-trans-activist-dylan-mulvaney-during-talk-show-appearance">wrote at the time</a>. “Why are women fawning over men who appropriate degrading caricatures of womanhood?”
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Trans Activist Dylan Mulvaney Dressed As 6-Year-Old Book Character ‘Eloise’ Sparks Big Reaction On Twitter

Trans Activist Dylan Mulvaney Dressed As 6-Year-Old Book Character 'Eloise' Sparks Big Reaction On Twitter

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> made a series of cringeworthy jokes at the expense of Irish people at a St. Patrick&#8217;s Day event Friday.
While speaking at the annual <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0mxqTkotiw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Friends of Ireland Luncheon</a> with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar Friday afternoon, Biden made a series of jokes stereotyping Irish people as drunks and criminals. Biden said that because he doesn&#8217;t drink and doesn&#8217;t have relatives in jail, he&#8217;s &#8220;really not Irish.&#8221; Twitter users pointed out the stereotypes, and also that he does, in fact, have relatives in legal trouble.
Biden began his remarks with a quote attributed to the 20th-century Irish diplomat Shane Leslie. &#8220;Every St. Patrick’s Day, every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to,” Biden said. “Well, that’s why I’m here.&#8221;
He then recounted a story from his time as vice president, when a previous prime minister, or Taoiseach, told former President Obama to stop sending Biden on trips. “[T]he Taoiseach — I brought him into the Oval and he sat down. And before Barack could say anything, he said &#8216;For God’s sake, Barack, let the boy come home.’” Biden said in a butchered Irish accent. “‘Let him come home.&#8217; And he said, &#8216;You keep sending him to places like Afghanistan, Iraq, and all the — let him come home.’”
Next, Biden talked about a previous trip to Ireland to visit his ancestral family. &#8220;It was a great experience,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I’d been to Ireland many times, but not to actually look up to find my actual family members — and there are so many.  And they actually weren’t in jail.&#8221;
&#8220;And one of the things that — and the Finnegans were from County Louth,&#8221; he said of his distant family line. &#8220;And they’re still — if you go to County Louth, there’s still a place called &#8216;Finnegan’s Pub,&#8217; which is — it’s related to my family.  And I’m the only Irishman you’ve ever met, though, that’s never had a drink. So, I’m okay. I’m really not Irish.&#8221;
Commenters under a New York Post <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1636813878624485377?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet</a> blasted Biden for stereotyping the Irish.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve found the one nationality it&#8217;s still acceptable to make fun of!&#8221; one Twitter user commented.
&#8220;guy did the first irish american hatecrime since like 1910,&#8221; one user tweeted.
&#8220;As an Irishman, I wouldn&#8217;t even *mind* this, and would think it kinda funny&#8230; If it didn&#8217;t come from a guy who&#8217;s continually lecturing me and everyone else how racist *WE* are&#8230;&#8221; another user wrote.
&#8220;This is about the most Irish-American (pejorative) thing a yank can say,&#8221; said another.
&#8220;Joe Biden is in fact less Irish than Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy,&#8221; The Spectator editor at-large <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1636854710236749825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1636854710236749825%7Ctwgr%5E8d36cc24b40a1bfd95f710087c2164aa6dab991b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fbdomenech2Fstatus2F1636854710236749825widget%3DTweet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Domenech</a> noted. &#8220;Biden is an English name and his paternal lineage is overwhelmingly English.&#8221;
Other users mocked Biden&#8217;s comment about not having family in jail, noting that several members of the Biden family are currently in trouble with the law.
&#8220;Joe Biden’s relatives have had many MANY serious run ins with the law — but have managed to avoid jail time in every case,&#8221; the New York Post&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/LevineJonathan/status/1636835637046267904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1636835637046267904%7Ctwgr%5E84e2cd4923b971af6775eea2a9cd77282b0b3439%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FLevineJonathan2Fstatus2F1636835637046267904widget%3DTweet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jon Levine</a> tweeted, linking to a Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/07/11/joe-bidens-family-has-a-long-rap-sheet/amp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> from 2020 detailing legal troubles of his niece Caroline, daughter Ashley, brother Frank, and son Hunter.
&#8220;He’s sent two kids and a niece to court-ordered rehab,&#8221; one user added. &#8220;The Bidens are doing more than their part to ruin the curve.&#8221;
&#8220;No but he has a son who isn&#8217;t sober and should be in jail,&#8221; said another, referring to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter</a>&#8216;s shady business dealings.

Joe Biden Makes Cringe Jokes Stereotyping The Irish At St. Patrick’s Day Event With Irish PM

Joe Biden Makes Cringe Jokes Stereotyping The Irish At St. Patrick's Day Event With Irish PM

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/meta" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meta</a> has unveiled a verification system on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/facebook" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/instagram" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> similar to the one created by Twitter.
Meta Verified was rolled out on the company&#8217;s social media platforms Friday. Instead of giving out blue checkmarks to accounts because the user is a prominent public figure, the checkmark is open to any user as a means to verify that the account is authentic. The system is similar to Twitter Blue, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musks-new-twitter-verification-process-devolves-into-a-confusing-mess" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subscription service</a> unveiled by Elon Musk after he took over Twitter.
&#8220;The meaning of the verified badge has been updated to represent authenticity,&#8221; Instagram said on its <a href="https://help.instagram.com/854227311295302" target="_blank" rel="noopener">help website</a>. &#8220;An Instagram account with a verified badge next to its name now means that Instagram has confirmed that it is the authentic presence for that person or brand. Previously, the verified badge also required the person or brand to be notable and unique.&#8221; The company said that users who were verified under the old rules will still have their blue checkmarks.
&#8220;The verified badge is a tool to help people find the real accounts of people and brands,&#8221; Instagram added. &#8220;If an account has the verified badge, we&#8217;ve confirmed that it represents who it says it does. A verified badge is not a symbol to show importance, authority or subject matter expertise. We don’t use the verified badge verified to endorse or recognize public figures or brands.&#8221;
Like Twitter Blue, public figures who subscribe to Instagram Verified cannot change their username, or transfer their blue checks to a different account.
Facebook has not updated its help site in accordance with new policies yet, but <a href="https://about.meta.com/technologies/meta-verified?campaign_id=19725375025&amp;extra_1=s%7Cc%7C649036315322%7Ce%7Chow%20can%20i%20get%20my%20instagram%20verified%7C&amp;placement=&amp;creative=649036315322&amp;keyword=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meta</a> provided some additional details on its website. In addition to the blue check, users get proactive account protection from impersonation, exclusive features on Facebook and Instagram stories, and a direct connection to support teams on both platforms.
Meta Verified is much more expensive than Twitter Blue, however. Twitter Blue is $8 a month for web users, and $11 for iOS and Android. Meta Verified is $11.99 a month on the web and $14.99 on mobile; users must also pay to be verified on each platform separately.
Meta is not simply rolling out services comparable to Elon Musk&#8217;s Twitter. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is considering a decentralized, text-based social media platform as an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meta-working-on-alternative-to-elon-musks-twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alternative to Twitter</a> after some users, many of whom are Left-leaning, are seeking alternatives to the platform after Musk&#8217;s takeover.
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The initiative, codenamed P92, could be accessed by Facebook and Instagram users with their existing credentials. Adam Mosseri, who oversees Instagram, is leading the project.
The revelation comes weeks after Instagram introduced a notes feature through which users can create short posts using text and characters.
The new social media site would be centered upon verification badges, followers and likes, posts with previews, and other features similar to those currently offered by Twitter, according to a report from MoneyControl, which first broke the news of the initiative.
Meta revealed the plans for the new platform as disillusioned Twitter users seek alternatives. A handful have created accounts on Mastodon, which features a number of independently run nodes with their own codes of conduct, privacy policies, and content moderation standards.
Ben Zeisloft contributed to this report.

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A newly-elected city commissioner in Miami could not say the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pledge-of-allegiance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pledge of Allegiance</a> and had to be helped by the public.
Miami City Commissioner Sabina Covo, a Democrat, was just elected to the commission in a February 27 special election. During her first commission meeting on Thursday evening, Covo was asked to lead the Pledge of Allegiance, but said she did not know it. The commission chairwoman and the public had to say the pledge without her.
A Twitter account called Because Miami posted a clip of the commission meeting Friday. In the clip, Commission Chairwoman Christine King said they would say the pledge of allegiance to open the meeting. &#8220;Commissioner Covo, could you lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance, please,&#8221; she asked. What Covo says is inaudible, but King fills in the blank. &#8220;You don&#8217;t know it? Ok,&#8221; she says. The rest of the commission and city residents in the audience had to say the pledge for her.
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Inauspicious debut for new Miami District 2 Commissioner Sabina Covo who, when asked by Chairwoman Christine King to lead the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of yesterday’s city commission meeting, revealed she doesn’t know it. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BecauseMiami?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BecauseMiami</a> <a href="https://t.co/xkKbw915kC">pic.twitter.com/xkKbw915kC</a>
— Because Miami (@BecauseMiami) <a href="https://twitter.com/BecauseMiami/status/1634178674294505472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
Covo <a href="https://twitter.com/SabinaCovo/status/1634233953224671244" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to the tweet late Friday morning. &#8220;Serving the people of Miami is the honor of a lifetime,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;When you feel a responsibility is that important, nervousness is very normal, and I’m not afraid to admit that I was.&#8221;
&#8220;The oath and pledge I took to our nation and to the residents of District 2 is clear and I am focused on honoring my promise to get things done for our community,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Which is why I am not focused on Twitter Talk &#8211; but rather on passing two very important pieces of legislation during my first commission meeting, including one that will provide affordable housing to foster youth. That’s leading through the very words in our Pledge of Allegiance and our promise to lead with ethics and integrity.&#8221;
Covo is an immigrant to the U.S. According to <a href="https://floridapolitics.com/archives/580071-media-pro-sabina-covo-enters-race-for-vacant-miami-commission-seat-calls-for-creative-all-encompassing-solutions-to-city-problems/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">floridapolitics.com</a>, the 43-year-old commissioner was born in Medellin, Colombia, but has lived in Miami for at least 22 years. She previously worked as a news reporter for Spanish-language news outlets. She also briefly served as director of Hispanic media relations and communications for former Democratic Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried.
Residents and observers poked fun at the gaffe on Twitter.
&#8220;Thanks for the retweet!&#8221; Because Miami joked.
&#8220;If saying the pledge of allegiance makes you nervous, how does taking care of the people in your district (50,000?) feel? Please,&#8221; wrote one user.
&#8220;Not focused on Twitter Talk she says while replying to Twitter talk,&#8221; another user pointed out.
&#8220;Did nerves also lead you to admit you don&#8217;t know the pledge?&#8221; a user opined. &#8220;A better reply in your tweet would be to admit that you forgot it instead of spin this. Yes, nerves are common, but 24 hrs later, your reply is steeped in politics. Why can&#8217;t politicians just be normal?&#8221;
Covo may not know the Pledge of Allegiance, but Democratic politicians in other states and cities are not saying it for different reasons. In August 2022, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-the-name-of-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-north-dakota-school-board-will-no-longer-recite-nations-pledge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fargo, North Dakota</a>, school board voted 7 – 2 to stop saying the pledge after board members complained that capitalized “God” was “non-inclusionary.”
In 2021, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-american-disgrace-co-mayor-bans-reciting-u-s-pledge-at-meeting-attendees-say-it-anyway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Silverton, Colorado</a>, Mayor Shane Fuhrman announced that the Pledge of Allegiance would no longer be said at the start of city trustee meetings because of the “general divisiveness” it allegedly created in the community. But attendees at the meeting immediately revolted and said the pledge anyway.

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