The Daily Caller reports: Fox News host Jesse Watters on Tuesday evening ripped a journalist who claimed he called child services on a Republican state senate candidate that wished people “Happy Columbus Day.”
“Previously sane respected reporters became unglued under Trump and turned into raving loons. Unfortunately some of them never recovered. They’re still out there screaming into the void. Most of the time we don’t hear them. But sometimes they do something so stupid ‘Primetime’ is forced to take note,” Watters said. “Enter self-described award-winning multimedia journalist David Leavitt. He became very angry with Tina Ramirez; she’s Republican running for Virginia state Senate who had the audacity to wish her followers, ‘Happy Columbus Day.’”
Ramirez posted a picture wishing her followers a happy Columbus Day Monday, prompting Leavitt to ask her why she celebrated “torture, rape, murder, and enslavement.”
“I teach my daughter real American history. I refuse to join the radical left’s campaign to erase history,” Ramirez posted in response, leading Leavitt to tweet a request that Ramirez be reported to child services for “teaching her child to be a racist.”
“Now, Mr. Leavitt couldn’t let that stand. He responded, ‘why are you celebrating torture, rape murder and enslavement’? ‘Happy Columbus Day,’” Watters continued, before discussing Leavitt’s efforts to sic child services on Ramirez. “He proceeded to encourage his Twitter followers to call child protective services on Ramirez. Unfortunately, the lines were a little busy that day and he got fussy when he was put on hold for ten minutes. And then for 20. After holding for an hour, finally hung up. This is what unhinged people do.”
The Virginia State hotline for child abuse has a 50+ minute hold & is experiencing “high call volumes” with 14 callers ahead of me.
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) October 10, 2022
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/J6XuJtQp9D
I guess he eventually hung up because stick-to-it-iveness isn’t his thing. This is insane and dangerous. Who knows what that could start? A complaint into Child Services could snowball into tragedy quickly. But that’s the point. It’s about sending a message that if you don’t get in line you will get SWATted or some non-profit leftist group will firebomb your home or you will face charges.
This is a point and laugh story about an insane “journalist” but it’s also a sad indication about where we are.
October 12, 2022 at 11:09 am
There are penalties for abusing the 911 system. It’s not an abuse if it is an honest mistake, like thinking you are having a heart attack when it’s really something minor (perhaps indigestion), but it’s usually pretty easy to tell the difference between an honest mistake and calling about something trivial or wholly fabricated. Emergency services are not cheap, and they need to be ready for actual emergencies.
If there are not similar penalties for abusing the CPS system, this is a good illustration of why there should be.
October 12, 2022 at 12:26 pm
CPS has real and heart-breaking situations they have to deal with. Let them do their job rather than weaponize them for politics.
I feel like Im watching the rise of a totalitarian state as the left hasnt erased history enough that many of us see a repeat of multiple despotic regimes over the past century in the mannerisms of the left. Empowering citizens to demonize and report other citizens for behavior contrary to the Reich.
October 17, 2022 at 4:11 am
I can’t believe the number of people who still think that “Child Protection” has anything to do with protecting children. It’s sole purpose is, in fact, to intimidate good parents. Almost every story of egregious child abuse contains an element of these worthless bureaucrats having been ineffectively involved BEFORE the crisis. People need to stop believing in government as a solution to ANY problem. They are at the foundation of most problems today.