White House condemns 'cruel and unacceptable' posts about Interior spokesman

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White House condemns ‘cruel and unacceptable’ posts about Interior spokesman

Activist Chaya Raichik and the @libsoftiktok account she created criticized Interior spokesman Tyler Cherry, an LGBTQ rights advocate

By Timothy Puko
Updated October 8, 2023 at 4:17 p.m. EDT|Published October 8, 2023 at 3:53 p.m. EDT

The White House on Sunday condemned a conservative social media activist for ridiculing an openly-gay Interior Department official on the site X, describing her posts as “cruel and unacceptable.”
Chaya Raichik, who created the @libsoftiktok account on X, formerly known as Twitter, sparked a debate online this week after posting and reposting several times about Tyler Cherry, Interior’s principal deputy communications director. The posts appeared to criticize his appearance, referred to him as one of the “total weirdos” the Biden administration has hired, laughed at photos of him in a dress that the New York Times published in a piece on his wedding, and reposted another message that called him a “radical leftist.”

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In addition to his work at Interior, Cherry is part of a queer DJ collective pushing for a more inclusive LGBTQ nightlife scene in Washington. He had joined the Biden administration during its first weeks in 2021, and previously worked in Democratic politics in Arizona and at the liberal watchdog group Media Matters for America, according to his X and LinkedIn profiles.

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1. We are all different. I could never be so public about my private life, but no one has the right

to so cruelly ridicule/judge/mock another for their own life and the choices they make to share it. That X site, @libsoftiktok is the same one that has been calling in threats to elementary schools, isn't it? Beyond contempt--as is Elon Musks' X for hosting them.