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From Fox Business: The attorney general serving alongside Gov. Tim Walz in Minnesota wrote a thank-you message to Brazil on X just days after the South American country started blocking the social media platform, drawing a sharp rebuke from Elon Musk.
Keith Ellison’s “obrigado Brasil!” statement – which was posted in Portuguese on Monday – is also generating widespread criticism from conservatives on X.
“The Democratic Party – same one that used to defend the First Amendment – now wants to destroy the First Amendment,” Musk wrote in a message sharing Ellison’s post.
Brazil began banning access to X on Saturday after the company missed a deadline to appoint a legal representative to Brazil – and anyone found trying to get around the blockage by using VPNs could face daily fines of nearly $9,000, according to The Associated Press.
The battle between Musk and Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes is getting more heated by the day, after Moraes claimed in the Friday ruling that Musk is showing “total disrespect for Brazilian sovereignty” and cut of X completely from people in Brazil.
Now Ellison, a progressive Democrat and the first Muslim Attorney General in Minnesota, is telling Brazil “thank you” for banning the X platform from their country.
The Democratic Party – same one that used to defend the First Amendment –now wants to destroy the First Amendment https://t.co/36KAhzA0la
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 3, 2024
Ellison’s comment is getting huge backlash on social media, with many conservatives noting his ties to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Democrats will do this to X if they get elected in November.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 3, 2024
This is Tim Walz’s AG openly celebrating the Brazilian regime criminalizing X.
Wake up, people. Before it’s too late. https://t.co/NyMVUHp7G9
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 3, 2024
Give these people power and free speech will no longer exist.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 3, 2024
So you’re a Communist. Good to know.
— Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) September 3, 2024
Can you imagine being so arrogant that you use the free speech protected by X to compliment the restriction of Free Speech in Brazil? This is next level out-of-touch.
— Joe Pags Pagliarulo (@JoeTalkShow) September 3, 2024
So you are for silencing those who deserve a voice?
— Randy (@RandyMnguy) September 3, 2024
You can delete the tweet, or your account.
Your pick.
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) September 3, 2024
The Trump campaign also seized on the post and wrote, “Tim Walz’s communist Attorney General just thanked Brazil for banning X because they refused to listen to their censorship demands. Does @Tim_Walz agree? His previous statements on free speech would indicate that he does.”
Tim Walz’s communist Attorney General just thanked Brazil for banning X because they refused to listen to their censorship demands.
Does @Tim_Walz agree?
His previous statements on free speech would indicate that he does. https://t.co/HfEO1Vktv8 pic.twitter.com/4XYQhb5Yjs
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 3, 2024
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