A video posted by Tiffany Renee, a social media user without political office, has drawn significant attention online for its criticism of what she describes as the left’s inconsistent stance on authority during the COVID-19 pandemic. The video, which has been viewed nearly 20 million times on Twitter/X, addresses several policies and behaviors from that period.
In her remarks, Renee highlights how small businesses were closed while large corporations remained open, referencing her own compliance with these rules. She also points to vaccine mandates and restrictions on visiting loved ones in hospitals as examples of policies she views as authoritarian.
“No kings! …unless it was during the pandemic, when all the mom-and-pop businesses were shut down, but the government said it was totally fine for all the major super-rich corporations to continue operating. But I didn’t really care, because as long as I could get my Starbies and go to Target, I was fine,” Renee says in the video.
She continues: “No kings, except during the pandemic when we told people that they would lose their job unless they took a certain medical product, or they couldn’t even go into certain restaurants without vaccine paperwork. That was crazy, but I didn’t really care because I just complied. No kings!”
Renee further criticizes restrictions on hospital visits: “Remember when we also told people that they had to not visit their loved ones who were sick and dying in the hospital? The elderly had to die alone. That was really sad.”
She also discusses school closures: “We shut down the schools—completely wrecked the developmental learning for a whole generation. I mean, that was tragic, but we don’t really talk about that, because that’s over now. New outrage, you know. No kings.”
Addressing claims about vaccines and illness prevention during the pandemic response period: “Remember when we were told, over and over, that if we got that medical product, we for sure would not get sick? And even though the people that got it immediately did get sick, we were for sure told they wouldn’t spread it. And then that gradually became more like 95%, then 75%. OK, there’s no evidence it does what we told everyone it does, but we’ve already made everyone take it that would anyway, and no one really cared because it’s new outrage time. No kings.”
On censorship of dissenting voices online at the time: “And do you remember during that time, anyone who tried to bring attention to these issues on social media was censored or their account was banned? And limiting free speech at that time seemed OK to me. I didn’t really think about it.”
Renee concludes: “No kings. You don’t hate authoritarianism. You just hate what you’re told to hate by the algorithm and the news outlets.”
The widespread reach of Renee’s video reflects ongoing debates about public health measures implemented during COVID-19 and discussions regarding free speech on social media platforms.
