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Fun how he announced but word on the street he hasn't registered as a candidate yet and has no major donors like his last run. Except for a random social media post he has been mighty quiet than usual thought he would have went full MAGA after the SOTU but he didn't.
 
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Lauren Boebert divides internet with Twitter committee conspiracy

The Republican grilled former Twitter executives during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing before the platform experienced a major glitch.
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Lauren Boebert Divides Internet With Twitter Committee Conspiracy
BY EWAN PALMER ON 2/9/23 AT 4:11 AM EST



Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert has received mixed reactions after suggesting it is a "huge coincidence" that Twitter went down after a number of former executives were grilled by Republicans during a House committee hearing.
Twitter users across the world saw the platform glitch on Wednesday, with the social media site wrongly telling people they were over the "daily limit for sending tweets" when they tried to post.
The platform has since returned to normal, with Twitter owner Elon Musk stating "multiple internal & external issues simultaneously" were the cause of the problems.

In a tweet on Wednesday, Boebert suggested that the outage may have had something to do with the criticisms the platform received by members of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee beforehand.

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U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) listens during a hearing before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 8, 2023, in Washington, DC. She suggested it was a "huge coincidence" that Twitter went down after a number of former executives were grilled by Republicans during a House committee hearing.ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGES
Vijaya Gadde, Twitter's former chief legal officer, former deputy general counsel James Baker and former head of trust and safety Yoel Roth appeared before the committee on Wednesday to answer questions about the social media company restricting users' access to a New York Post story about a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden in the days before the 2020 Election.

"Twitter goes down right after we have our hearing with worst of the Twitter 1.0 crew," Boebert tweeted.
"It might just be a coincidence, but that's surely a HUGE coincidence."
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In response, a number of Twitter users have criticized the Republican for posting the conspiracy theory.
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"The stupid, it burns, as we used to say in the OG blogging days," tweeted cartoonist Dan Perkins with his Tom Tomorrow account.
Journalist Aaron Rupar added: "Did they use a time machine to resume working at Twitter or what's the conspiracy theory here?"
Political commentator Robert Elisberg added: "Please explain what the 'coincidence' was. The committee heard from FORMER employees. People who don't work there. What on earth does that have to do with Twitter's problems today, that they have NO PART OF?? Maybe if they *were* there, the problem wouldn't have happened!"

However, a number of other Twitter users agreed with Boebert's assessment, with many urging Musk to look into the matter.
A similar claim was also made by Texas GOP congressman Troy Nehls.
"Former Twitter executives testified before the Oversight Committee, and the power went out. Now Twitter is facing widespread issues. Coincidence?" Nehls tweeted.
During the hearing, Gadde admitted it was "wrong" to block Twitter users for accessing or sharing the New York Post story, but denied that they did so under orders from the FBI.

Criticizing Twitter Executives
Boebert also criticized the Twitter execs for censuring its users and asked why they "shadow banned" her account for a "joke" tweet suggesting Hillary Clinton wanted to rig the 2020 Election.
"You silence me from communicating with the American people over a freaking joke," Boebert said. "Now who the hell do you think that you are?
"The Hunter Biden laptop story was suppressed, a sitting member of Congress was suppressed, a sitting president was banned from Twitter," Boebert added. "You know, I bet that Putin is sitting in the Kremlin, wishing he had as much election interference as you four here today."
Boebert also alleged that there was "collusion" between Twitter and the FBI to keep the Hunter Biden laptop story from being accessed from its users.

"I am angry for the millions of Americans who were silenced because of your decisions, because of your actions, because of your collusion with the federal government," Boebert said.
"We don't know where the FBI ends and Twitter begins."
Speaking to The Hill, Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who also sits on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, called Wednesday's hearing an "embarrassment" and "abuse of public resources."
"Despite all their mentioning of the First Amendment, they have not even made any sort of legal or legislative argument as to what the tie here is behind a personal grievance," she said.

"The Republican side is not even making any sort of request, no matter how partisan it is, about what the course of action, what we're even doing here is. Why is the Oversight Committee even relevant to Twitter's content moderation policies?"
Twitter has been contacted for comment.
 
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Kari Lake refuses to stand for Super Bowl Black national anthem

Lake joined several conservatives in criticizing the performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a civil rights movement hymn, of being divisive.
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Kari Lake Refuses to Stand for Super Bowl Black National Anthem
BY ANDREW STANTON ON 2/12/23 AT 9:32 PM EST


Photos posted to social media show former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake refusing to stand for the Black national anthem at the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing" before Super Bowl LVII, pitting the Philadelphia Eagles against the Kansas City Chiefs at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The song, written more than 100 years ago, became a rallying cry during the civil rights movement, and the NFL began including it in its games following the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. The league has faced backlash over its inclusion from some conservatives.
Right-wing pundit Benny Johnson shared a photograph of Lake, who rose to national prominence during her bid to become Arizona's top executive during the 2022 midterm elections, refusing to stand for the performance.

Lake, through her campaign's "war room" Twitter account, addressed why she refused to stand for the song.



The Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday battle in Super Bowl LVII, alongside an inset of former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake. The Republican refused to stand for a performance of the Black national anthem before the game, as conservatives accused the NFL of being divisive by including the hymn.SEAN M. HAFFEY/GETTY IMAGES; KEVIN DIETSCH/GETTY IMAGES
"Our girl is against the idea of a 'black National Anthem' for the same reason she's against a 'white National Anthem,'" her campaign team wrote. "She subscribes to the idea of "one Nation, under God."
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Other high-profile conservatives also took to social media to speak out against the inclusion of the Black anthem. Representative Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican, accused the NFL of trying to "divide" viewers by airing the performance. However, critics argued that Boebert's tweet was more divisive than the show.

"America only has ONE NATIONAL ANTHEM. Why is the NFL trying to divide us by playing multiple!? Do football, not wokeness," Boebert tweeted.
Former Republican Senate candidate James Bradley tweeted: "Having a black national anthem is just another way that Democrats keep us divided."
Despite conservative criticism, many on social media praised Ralph for her rendition of the song.
"Sheryl Lee Ralph SANG the Black National Anthem chile. I felt it in my spirit," tweeted WTXF-TV news anchor Shiba Russell.


"Let The Super Bowl begin. Wow Sheryl Lee Ralph!" tweeted ABC News journalist Deborah Roberts.

History of the Black National Anthem
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" was first written by NAACP leader James Weldon Smith in 1990. His brother, John Rosamond Johnson, composed the music for its lyrics, according to the NAACP. It was first performed by a group of students from a segregated school in Jacksonville, Florida, to celebrate President Abraham Lincoln's birthday.



As the civil rights movement arrived, the song had become well known in Black culture and was performed during meetings in which civil rights leaders planned the Montgomery Bus Boycott, according to Time magazine. Martin Luther King, Jr., has quoted it in his speeches.



The NFL, while aiming to confront concerns of racism raised by many of its players, began including the song in its games following the Black Lives Matter protests, drawing condemnation from conservatives, who argue it is divisive. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy defended the song in a 2021 New York Times interview, describing its inclusion as "an opportunity to highlight messages that are important to the league, players and personnel and our communities."
Newsweek has reached out to Lake's press team for comment.




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