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Title: Lawmaker suspended from TikTok defends twerking video
Source: AP via Yahoo
URL Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawmaker ... efends-twerking-220606217.html
Published: Jul 13, 2022
Author: PHILIP MARCELO
Post Date: 2022-07-14 20:27:40 by Dakmar
Keywords: None
Views: 262
Comments: 3

BOSTON (AP) — A state senator in Rhode Island who was suspended from TikTok after posting a video in which she twerked while doing a handstand in a bikini says she has no regrets.

Sen. Tiara Mack, a 28-year-old Providence Democrat, is Black and queer and dismissed any criticism of the 8-second clip as “misogyny, classism and racism” in a phone interview Wednesday.

“My behavior on my Twitter, Instagram and TikTok are consistent with a young millennial who is in office and challenging norms,” Mack said. “I’m showing that leadership looks different and welcoming people into the many different facets of my life.”

Her TikTok account was restored after being banned Tuesday. Spokespersons for the social media app did not respond for comment as to why Mack was suspended.

The clip has amassed more than 220,000 views since she posted it over the July Fourth weekend.

“My community stands in overwhelming support of me,” Mack said. “They know exactly what these attacks are and what these attacks can do, especially for a queer person of color.”

She says the snippet — which ends with her cheerfully saying, “Vote Sen. Mack!” — was part of a series of clips shot with friends on Block Island, a popular beach getaway off Rhode Island.

“It was a way to show that elected officials can be silly and have fun and enjoy a day off,” said Mack, who was elected in 2020.

She believes the TikTok suspension was the result of an online campaign stemming from a bill she proposed this year that would require Rhode Island schools to provide sex education courses that “affirmatively recognize pleasure based sexual relations, different sexual orientations and be inclusive of same-sex relationships.”

Last week, the Rhode Island Republican Party seized on the twerking video in a fundraising appeal. And Fox News personality Tucker Carlson devoted a segment to it in which he sarcastically suggested Democrats encourage Mack to run for president.

Mack also has her supporters.

“It’s public that I’m out here casually drinking, smoking weed, and spending as much time shirtless as the summer sun will allow and it’s not an issue because I have a penis," tweeted state Sen. Jonathon Acosta, a Democrat.

In recent days, Mack has used her newfound attention and the hashtag #twerkingfor to call for ending evictions and closing the Black wealth gap.

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#1. To: Dakmar (#0)

I sure would've to have seen your 'poster comment', but I probably know what you were thinking.

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2022-07-14   20:55:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Esso (#1) (Edited)

The incident speaks for itself.

“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.” - William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2022-07-14   21:04:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Dakmar (#0)

Amazingly disgusting time to be alive.

“ On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2022-07-14   21:52:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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