Devin Nunes Champions ‘Free Speech,' Gets Scathing Reminder Of His Hypocrisy
Rep. Devin Nunes’ (R-Calif.) on Wednesday claimed to be a free-speech champion, but he was quickly reminded he is not.
The GOP lawmaker last year sued Twitter and a series of parody accounts on the platform ― including the @DevinCow profile that pretends to be his cow ― alleging they defamed him.
So, Nunes on Wednesday was called out after urging his 1.1 million followers to ditch “the Twitter sewer” and follow him to the right-wing Parler platform, where users are “living in freedom!” he wrote.
ALERT- If you are still here in the Twitter sewer (My Space II) we are over at Parler living in freedom! pic.twitter.com/rgJoG6JnIR
— Devin Nunes (@DevinNunes) July 29, 2020
The @DevinCow account was, perhaps predictably, among the first to mock Nunes’ tweet:
— Devin Nunes’ cow 🐮 (@DevinCow) July 29, 2020
Nunes, an ardent defender of President Donald Trump, passed secret intelligence to the White House in 2017 about the probe into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russian election interference.
Many tweeters welcomed Nunes’ apparent departure from Twitter, which earlier in the day partially suspended the account of the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., for promoting a misleading video about the coronavirus. The president retweeted the video.
Others noted Nunes’ hypocrisy of calling for “free speech,” given his legal action to silence the cow account. The lawsuit has reportedly hit a dead end.
Good. Stay off Twitter.
— Nancy Hernandez (@nanelvisfan) July 29, 2020
Do they sue pretend cows there too
— RidiculousIllegalUnfairHat (@Popehat) July 29, 2020
“WE ARE HAVING SO MUCH FUN AT OUR PARTY. THATS WHY WE ARE BEGGING YOU TO COME. BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH FUN. NOT BECAUSE ITS, LIKE, THREE OF US SITTING AROUND TALKING TO OURSELVES.”
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) July 29, 2020
Devin says he's on Parler and yet he keeps showing up here.
He's like Shrodinger's cat's hacked up fur ball.— JackWBower (@Trumpet1984) July 29, 2020
You're like that drunk that nobody likes that keeps swaying in the doorway and threatening to leave the party.
— J H Sked Nazis Don’t Deserve Safe Spaces #FBPE (@JHSked) July 29, 2020
@DevinNunes walking back over to Twitter after nobody followed him to Parler. pic.twitter.com/Bljb5O5H2v
— Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom (@NunesAlt) July 29, 2020
Stop trying to make fetch happen.
— Kevin Sussman (@KevinSussman) July 29, 2020
No one missed you, Buddy. Didn’t need to come back. Now, head on back over to all your little friends whining that everyone is out to get them.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) July 29, 2020
Does he know that, by tweeting this, Congressman Nunes is also still here in the "Twitter sewer"? Also, the congressman doesn't seem to understand how free speech works.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 29, 2020
So the fake cow account won, then https://t.co/IDEx1Rj0d4
— Jack McLoone (@jfmclooney) July 29, 2020
You’re suing a fictitious cow because you didn’t like their tweets.
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) July 29, 2020
So delete your account bro https://t.co/snmhaXlrqZ
— Kelly Roberts (@KellyKKRoberts) July 29, 2020
Glad you found a safe space https://t.co/VijXmOJtz3
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) July 29, 2020
Glad to see Devin is hard at work as usual. https://t.co/4U8XdfTUFH
— Max Burns (@themaxburns) July 29, 2020
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) July 29, 2020
MOOOOOOOOOOVE along to Parler. Bye Devin 🐮🐄🐮🐄 pic.twitter.com/t8pNdcM2ud
— holiday, Rogue Antifa Jedi (@Holiday1326) July 29, 2020
— Molly Knight (@molly_knight) July 29, 2020
Delete your account cowherd. https://t.co/meejQrVGgR
— Outspoken (@Out5p0ken) July 29, 2020
ALERT- There are still people in your district without clean drinking water and thousands infected with COVID-19 while you're "living in freedom" on Parler. https://t.co/MBiT7SxvDq
— Phil Arballo (@PhilArballo2020) July 29, 2020
You're the guy standing at the door of the party saying WELL I GUESS I'LL BE GOING for the fourth time and no one's turned around. https://t.co/7fXzZxfOXo
— Fade In (@fadeinsoftware) July 29, 2020
And yet.... you're here
— Ohm (Unit of Resistance)🆘️ (@HereToResist) July 29, 2020
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