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Chaya Raichik became a conservative lightning rod through her “Libs of TikTok” site. Raichik re-posts videos of woke teachers with Kool-Aid-colored hair, tats, and piercings, proudly pushing gender affirmation and transition to their young students, and bragging about their secret stash of sexually explicit books of which even their school districts were unaware.
As my colleague Teri Christoph described Libs of TikTok:
The brilliance of the account is that Raichik simply holds a mirror up to the depravity and lets it speak for itself, with a dash of commentary to put things in perspective. She started the account in November of 2020 and has amassed 1.7 million followers (not to mention the wrath of the left for highlighting their nonsense).
After being doxed and exposed by the insufferable fauxnalist Taylor Lorenz back in April 2022, Raichik’s following on Libs of TikTok and her influence ballooned. So, Lorenz’s ham-fisted attempt to cancel Raichik backfired. Raichik did audio interviews with Fox News host Tucker Carlson on his Tucker Carlson Tonight program, but still chose not to reveal her face. In December, Raichik chose Carlson as the person to whom she would take the mask off on Fox Nation’s Tucker Carlson Today. Raichik chose this interview to finally become a public figure and explain why she chose to do it.
I’ve done so much, I’ve helped other people. I’m ready for the next step. I have mom groups asking me all the time, ‘can you come help us?’ I get invitations from people wanting to know how to expose the Left, and I think I’ll be a lot more effective when I’m not so anonymous anymore.
Now, Raichik has fully embraced her activism along with her public persona. Raichik appeared on Fox & Friends on Monday to talk about her new partnership with Brave Books: “No More Secrets: The Candy Cavern,” and discuss the extension of her Libs of TikTok work in exposing the issue of pornography in schools.
“Why do these far left activist want children to read porn so badly?” Raichik asked.
I launched off that question in my own interview with Raichik after the Fox News and Fox Business appearances.
“So, the far left has been injecting pornography and gender ideology into the school systems, you know, because they want to confuse children. They want a chaotic society and it’s obviously harmful. It’s obviously dangerous. And I think that at the end of the day, the reality is that it’s completely indefensible, you know, giving kids porn in school, they can’t defend it. They can’t justify it, so the only way to get it to stop is to call it out, and that’s what I’ve been doing.”
Raichik’s latest endeavor in calling out the Left and its tactics is a partnership with Brave Books on a new, stand-alone children’s book.
“No More Secrets: The Candy Cavern,” tells the story of a little second-grade lamb named Rose. Rose’s new teacher Mr. Wooly enjoys giving surreptitious sweets to the children rather than actually teaching lessons on reading and math. Mr. Wooly encourages the children not to tell their parents about the sweets.
Sounds familiar, right? The story is meant to be on the nose and reflect the current battle against the targeting, grooming, and sexualization of innocent children against their will, and without parental consent.
“That’s really the way to tackle it. Then, when we keep doing that, the schools, they can’t defend it. So they’re just forced to address it and they’re forced to remove it. And, you know, and I think—it’s again—it’s just about having that trusted relation, you know, and trusting open lines of communication. That relationship with your children is when you instill those ethics and morals. The child knows that their parents have their best interests at heart. They’re, you know, parents are the best advocates for their children and the parents trust their children, and children trust their parents that they know what’s best for them.”
Of course, the Left continues its campaign against Raichik and Libs of TikTok, calling her “demented,” and “clueless,” simply because she chose to take a stand and will not back down. Raichik has rolled along in the vein of Nietzsche: “What does not kill me, makes me stronger.”
“I think one of the biggest motivations and drivers is when I see that what I’m doing is actually having an effect. It’s like, you know, when the media blamed me for Governor [Ron] DeSantis [of Florida] passing the parental rights and education bill. It’s when the media blamed me for other governors passing bills banning drag queens, banning drag for kids, banning mutilation surgeries for kids, and giving parents back the power in their children’s education, all the stuff that I’ve been exposing the last two years. When the media is largely blaming me for that, I mean, great. It’s extremely humbling, and that’s what really drives me to continue, because I know that what I’m doing is so important.
“We’re gonna protect, you know, a ton of children. And it’s just when you see how bad it is out there, you just can’t stop. So, you know, when people who actually are in the positions to do something about these things I’m exposing, when they take notice and they take action, that is really motivating and very inspiring to me.”
Her work and influence are now stronger than ever, and look to get stronger. Raichik is scheduled to speak at the 2023 Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) this week, March 3-6 about censorship of conservatives. This is Raichik’s first time at CPAC and she says,
“I’m super excited! Yeah, I’m going to be discussing censorship, and how the Left uses censorship through their allies in government and Big Tech to silence any of their critics or opponents. You know, as everyone knows, I was one of the most censored Twitter accounts of all time, and then I was mentioned in Twitter files. So, I think all of that is going to come up.”
Raichik has gone from one woman standing athwart Leftist indoctrination, to building a network of fellow warriors through a book and now speaking engagements. Now that Raichik is a public figure, she has been able to assist parents and organizations in fighting for the minds, hearts, and bodies of their children.
It’s a big battle, but Raichik is up for the fight, and up to penning more children’s books.
“Yeah, I do intend to go around and do more speaking engagements, and explain to people what I do and why it’s so powerful and effective. [I want to] sort of help people navigate their kid’s school system and help educate people on what’s going on and how to expose it and how to counteract it. It’s possible there will be more books, I’m open to that; but I’m starting with this one—I’m super excited about this one! I think it has a really good message. But you know, I think I also think that we need more kids books. So, you know, there is a possibility that there is a line of books in the future.”
You can find “No More Secrets: The Candy Cavern” at Lottbook.com.
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