{"id":1389975,"date":"2022-03-19T14:29:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T18:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1389975"},"modified":"2022-03-19T18:44:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T22:44:39","slug":"texas-ag-flagged-on-twitter-for-hateful-conduct-after-calling-biologically-male-rachel-levine-a-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-ag-flagged-on-twitter-for-hateful-conduct-after-calling-biologically-male-rachel-levine-a-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas AG Flagged On Twitter For \u2018Hateful Conduct\u2019 After Calling Biologically Male Rachel Levine \u2018A Man\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-ag-flagged-on-twitter-for-hateful-conduct-after-calling-biologically-male-rachel-levine-a-man%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1389975&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/10\/Rachel-Levine-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, pointed out on Twitter that \u201cRachel Levine is a man\u201d \u2014 and was subsequently flagged for \u201chateful conduct\u201d by the social media giant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Earlier this week, USA Today <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/usa-today-names-women-of-the-year-heres-one-of-them\"><span>chose<\/span><\/a><span> Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services Rachel Levine \u2014 a biological man who claims transgender identity \u2014 as one of its \u201cWomen of the Year.\u201d According to the outlet, the Biden appointee is among the \u201cstrong and resilient women who have been champions of change and courage, often quietly, but with powerful results.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Paxton screenshotted USA Today\u2019s story and tweeted simply that \u201cRachel Levine is a man.\u201d Twitter flagged the tweet, stating that it \u201cviolated the Twitter Rules about hateful conduct.\u201d However, the tweet was not removed because Twitter \u201cdetermined that it may be in the public\u2019s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rachel Levine is a man. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OWgpKUmfHz\">pic.twitter.com\/OWgpKUmfHz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenPaxtonTX\/status\/1504425050140782592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Paxton later released a statement doubling down on his original message.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYesterday I stated an irrefutable scientific fact: Rachel Levine is a man,\u201d Paxton wrote. \u201cI pointed this out after USA Today named him a \u2018Woman\u2019 of the Year. But Levine is not a woman. He has one X and one Y chromosome and other male-sex characteristics. I just follow the science.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFor simply saying this matter-of-factly, Twitter blocked it as \u2018hateful.\u2019 Users can now only access my statement through a trigger-warning filter. And even then, users can neither like it nor comment on it,\u201d he continued. \u201cAt the same time, hundreds of other verified accounts saying the exact same thing remain untouched and unfiltered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis whole insane episode represents a two-pronged attack from the left \u2014 both of which I\u2019m vigorously fighting against. First is the left\u2019s war against human biology, and especially against women. Second is their weaponization of Big Tech against conservative voices,\u201d Paxton added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut Big Tech is not only anti-conservative and anti-Republican. It is now apparently anti-truth and anti-science. I will continue to use all my power to hold them accountable. Even now, I\u2019m exploring legal options to stop their one-sided censorship.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My statement on Big Tech censorship \u2b07\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7lejatKx2K\">pic.twitter.com\/7lejatKx2K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenPaxtonTX\/status\/1504873386341711873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Paxton, however, is not the first Republican lawmaker to be censored by Twitter for making note of Levine\u2019s biology. Twitter <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gop-lawmaker-locked-out-of-twitter-after-calling-transgender-biden-official-rachel-levine-a-man\"><span>locked<\/span><\/a><span> the account of Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) last year after he said that \u201cthe title of first female four-star officer gets taken by a man,\u201d referring to Levine\u2019s nomination as a four-star admiral of the U.S. Public Health Services Commissioned Corps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCalling someone that was born and lived as a man for 54 years the first \u2018female\u2019 four-star officer is an insult to every little girl who dreams of breaking glass ceilings one day,\u201d Banks also tweeted last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Criticism of USA Today for snubbing women in favor of Levine occurs as Lia Thomas \u2014 a biological man on the University of Pennsylvania swim team who likewise claims transgender identity \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/emma-weyant-praised-as-real-winner-after-trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-takes-first\"><span>placed<\/span><\/a><span> first in the NCAA Women\u2019s Swimming Championship 500 yard freestyle on Thursday. In response, many honored University of Virginia swimmer Emma Weyant, who placed second, as the true winner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, pointed out on Twitter that \u201cRachel Levine is a man\u201d \u2014 and was subsequently flagged for \u201chateful conduct\u201d by the social media giant.Earlier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1389975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1389975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1389975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1389975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1389975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}