“Deplatforming works and it is important,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) declared on-camera when Tucker Carlson was fired from Fox News – but, Democrats are singing a different tune now that one of their own has been suspended indefinitely for comments regarding the assassination of conservative Charlie Kirk.
“Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News. Couldn’t have happened to a better guy,” Rep. Ocasio-Cortez cheered in a social media video in 2023, in which she cited Carlson’s firing as an example of the “good things” that can happen when others are silenced:
“Deplatforming works. And, it is important. And, there you go: good things can happen.”
The New York Democrat also claimed Carlson was responsible for driving “death threats” against her and others across the country. She also compared him to a Marvel movie villain, saying she feared he would eventually “reemerge.”
Ocasio-Cortez wasn’t the only Democrat who praised deplatforming conservative voices while celebrating Carlson’s firing at the time.
“Now they just need to take out the rest of the trash,” Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) said on Twitter (now X.com).
But, when Democrat propagandist/talk show host Jimmy Kimmel was suspended on Wednesday, Rep. Pocan claimed that “This is how democracies die.”
Pocan was commenting on a post by a fellow Democrat, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), who had called the deplatforming of Kimmel “censorship in action,” “dangerous” and “unconstitutional.”
Rep. Pocan even said people should be “tracked,” if they object to offensive comments about Kirk’s assassination:
“Let’s keep track of the businesses, organizations and others who fold to the totalitarian response to the tragic Charlie Kirk killing. Free speech, even imperfect speech, matters. Letting bullies bully is bad for everyone. We must hold them accountable in the future. @ABC”
