Virginia Republican state senate candidate Tina Ramirez publicly shamed left-wing journalist David Leavitt after he claimed he reported her to Child Protective Services (CPS) over a Columbus Day tweet.
Yes, you read that correctly. That’s where your society is now.
The controversy began when Ramirez posted a relatively mundane tweet on Columbus Day suggesting she’d teach her daughter the truth about the famed explorer and history in general.
“I teach my daughter real American history. I refuse to join the radical left’s campaign to erase history,” she wrote.
Leavitt, clearly triggered by that notion, responded: “Why are you celebrating torture, rape, murder, and enslavement?”
I teach my daughter real American history. I refuse to join the radical left’s campaign to erase history. https://t.co/x2DGvAabsy
— Tina Ramirez (@TinaRamirezVA) October 10, 2022
‘Journalist’ Calls CPS Over Columbus Day Tweet
David Leavitt, who describes himself as an “award-winning multimedia journalist,” responded to Tina Ramirez’s tweet by turning into an award-winning jackass.
Initially, he urged his followers to call CPS on Ramirez for allegedly “teaching her child to be a racist.”
Can someone please call child care services on Tina Ramirez who’s teaching her child to be a racist? https://t.co/JL00PJNU5z
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) October 10, 2022
When that didn’t satisfy him, Leavitt claims he called CPS himself and posted screenshots of the ‘unacceptable’ hold time he was forced to endure in trying to file the false report.
The Virginia State hotline for child abuse has a 60+ minute hold & is experiencing “high call volumes” with 14 callers ahead of me.
Why is there so much child abuse in Virginia?
How many people try to report child abuse & hang up?
How many children will continue to be abused? pic.twitter.com/jBl5zbxSu9
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) October 10, 2022
“Mighty bold and liberal of you to lecture a Hispanic mother with a black daughter on racism,” Ramirez said in response to his call for Twitter users to report her.
Leavitt replied, “The lady who’s teaching her kids how to be racist thinks I’m ‘bold.’ Does she know I’m [on] hold to report her to child and family services?”
“Having a black child doesn’t make you any less racist,” he later added.
Leavitt’s desperate pleas for attention were obvious.
Please report him to the police for this intentional and illegal harassment.https://t.co/k9jMbdNEwN pic.twitter.com/w3hPd6b4OM
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 10, 2022
Tina Ramirez Fires Back
Ramirez issued a statement to Fox News excoriating the journalist for his call to CPS over a Columbus Day tweet.
“This so-called ‘journalist’ obviously doesn’t understand who he picked a fight with,” Ramirez said. “I’m a mother, first and foremost, and my Mama Bear instincts kick in when it comes to defending my daughter and how she is raised.”
“I also stand up to tyrants around the world in defense of human rights, liberties, and dignity as my day job,” she continued.
“So, I won’t be bullied or silenced by some unhinged leftist trying to censor strong conservatives with the same tactics we see dictators use around the world.”
ICYMI: I was on Jesse Watters Primetime on Fox News last night! Click below to see the full interview!
pic.twitter.com/T6WvIo4lHx
— Tina Ramirez (@TinaRamirezVA) October 12, 2022
In an appearance on Jesse Watters Primetime, Ramirez indicated she had been in touch with the Virginia Attorney General and was given assurances nothing would come of the frivolous complaint to CPS.
What’s amusing is that CPS allows call-in complaints to be made anonymously, but Leavitt chose to very publicly show that he was the one filing a baseless report.
Virginia law states that anyone “knowingly making false reports” as Leavitt appears to have done “shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.”
To all the companies “celebrating” torture, rape, murder, enslavement, and exploitation with the Happy Columbus Day posts:
I see you #IndigenousPeoplesDay pic.twitter.com/Fpb713R90g
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) October 10, 2022
This isn’t the first time Leavitt has been embroiled in controversy for making a ludicrous complaint.
Two years ago he called the police because a manager at Target refused to sell him a $90 toothbrush that had been mislabeled as costing $0.01.
He posted a picture of the young woman working for Target in an attempt to humiliate her, then admitted to calling the police.
I just had to call the police because @target Refused to sell me the toothbrush
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) January 17, 2020
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