Libs of TikTok credited with inspiring hateful ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law and ‘grooming’ rhetoric

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The recently exposed Libs of TikTok Twitter account has been credited with inspiring Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, as well as the surge in “grooming” rhetoric among conservatives.

This week, Chaya Raichik was exposed as the person behind the account, which started on TikTok but moved to Twitter in 2020.

Raichik posts social media content from “liberals”, often teachers and LGBT+ people, to invite pile-ons from right-wing conservatives.

She was outed this week after she left an easy-to-follow digital trail, and was named in a Washington Post exposé from columnist Taylor Lorenz, which focused on Raichik’s significant impact on right-wing media and politics.

But it seems that Libs of TikTok’s influence reaches even further than first thought.

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Evidence suggests that Raichik has had a long-running online friendship with Christina Pushaw, press secretary to Florida governor Ron DeSantis, who last month signed into law the state’s hateful ‘Don’t Say Gay’ legislation, banning the discussion of LGBT+ topics in classrooms. 

Seconded. That’s one of the best accounts on here

— Christina Pushaw