The history between Libs of TikTok's Chaya Raichik and Taylor Lorenz of The Washington Post is not a pleasant one. Remember that it was Lorenz who initially doxxed Raichik, showing up at her family's house and leading Raichik to reveal her identity for the first time.
Raichik has owned 'TayTay' ever since, constantly exposing her fake 'crybully' journalism and her hypocrisy on issues like masks and mask mandates.
Recently, Lorenz (who still hilariously considers herself a reporter) reached out to Raichik to ask her to comment on the death of Oklahoma teen "Nex" Benedict, with Lorenz trying to force Raichik into admitting that she was 'anti-LGBTQ' and responsible for anything bad that ever happens to an LGBTQ person. Raichik, of course, did not take the bait and simply replied, 'I can't hear you over your mask.'
These two are not besties, to say the least.
So, we were a little surprised today when video surfaced from the Twitter account Catch Up, showing Raichik actually sitting down to an interview with Lorenz, outdoors at a restaurant.
Taylor Lorenz interviewed Libs of TikTok. Here’s an exchange. pic.twitter.com/Cdunodo2vB
— Catch Up (@CatchUpFeed) February 24, 2024
The first thing you will notice -- after seeing Lorenz in a mask, outdoors, in 2024 (because of course she wore a face diaper) -- is that Riachik simply throws every one of Lorenz's baited questions back in her face, while Lorenz can only stutter and stammer her way through these two minutes (notice also the 'upvoice' Lorenz uses, still trying to fool people into believing she is a young person).
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But it was what Raichik WORE to the interview that had all of Twitter laughing at the sheer master-level trolling.
The shirt….well done. Well f*cking done…. pic.twitter.com/cnc82j6iKD
— Rather not say….. (@JustAGuyInNJ) February 24, 2024
The t-shirt shows a print of Lorenz from her MSNBC interview in 2022, where she cried on camera, claiming that she is constantly harassed. This is, of course, the tactic of the crybully. You attack other people, dox them eve, and then when someone says something bad about you for that, you play the victim and shed some tears. It didn't take long for the image of Lorenz's crocodile tears to enter into the Twitter Meme Hall of Fame.
And since Lorenz has long been exposed as a fraud, all Twitter could do was laugh at Raichik's choice of attire for the interview.
OMG look at her t-shirt https://t.co/k0xlKFlA5g
— FilmLadd (@FilmLadd) February 24, 2024
LOVE the shirt 😂 @ChayaRaichik10 👸 https://t.co/IrE3gKwqCT pic.twitter.com/HibCSZcj70
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) February 24, 2024
OMG @ChayaRaichik10 I love your shirt 😂 pic.twitter.com/YuSdbM8y87
— Natalie F Danelishen (@Chesschick01) February 24, 2024
CHAYA IS WEARING THE SHIRT. OMG I LOVE THIS. https://t.co/ooiJQo8UXd
— Deebs (@DeebsFLA) February 24, 2024
LOOOOL look at @libsoftiktok t shirt she wore 😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/kiKMXjHDl1
— TrashDiscourse (@TrashDiscourse) February 24, 2024
The shirt 😆😂💀 https://t.co/sowVPmoKwH pic.twitter.com/jyi8znjRcj
— Rusty Shackelford (@rshackelford14) February 24, 2024
Chaya is the queen of queens. 😂 https://t.co/adKVeK24Ko pic.twitter.com/fiJQNdTVHb
— Kristi (@TheyCallMeNans) February 24, 2024
That she is. We're a little surprised Lorenz didn't run away crying as soon as she saw the shirt.
Instead, she stayed and got owned by Raichik for every one of her hypocritical questions.
“I’m not calling you a white nationalist but why are you aligned with white nationalists” 🤡
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) February 24, 2024
The disingenuousness of Lorenz's questions couldn't be more transparent. But she was up against someone who saw -- and always sees -- right through her.
I give Chaya a ton of credit for not laughing uncontrollably the entire time. https://t.co/Jh6fAD4plv
— Blame Big Government (@BlameBigGovt) February 24, 2024
Oh, but she was laughing. She's just got a very good poker face. And now, everyone is laughing.
The interview did move on to other subjects, one of which was the topic of pornographic books in schools, something Libs of TikTok fights very strongly against and tweets about a lot.
Libs of TikTok grills Taylor Lorenz on the LGBTQ books she’s defending. pic.twitter.com/L4ZEoSPetT
— Catch Up (@CatchUpFeed) February 24, 2024
LOL. Raichik actually gets Lorenz to admit she's never even read books like Gender Queer or This Book Is Gay, while she is defending those books being in schools for children (or trying futilely to, anyway) and saying we should 'trust the experts.'
Remind us: which one is the skilled reporter here?
“I have not read those books”
— Super Journalist (Ret) - JOURN-L of Skrypton (@Magnum_CK) February 24, 2024
How can you claim to be a journalist when you haven’t even researched the two of the books that are at the very center of the controversy you’re writing about?!
Also, never speak to “journos” if you feel you must ALWAYS record every interaction. https://t.co/j5dOzGIomY
Here's a secret: Lorenz almost ALWAYS knows anything about any subject she writes about. She is not a journalist, she is an apparatchik.
@TaylorLorenz if you dont know then why are you still talking? You dont know how you feel about a topic or understand the context? Be quiet about it then. You arent listening to her at all. Youre trying to sound like youre right and make her a villain for having an actual opinion https://t.co/vjZQ1o1Y89
— likefromdallas (@iamthebeef) February 24, 2024
The entire interview is worth watching, just to see how knowledgeable and calm Raichik is, and how defensive, stuttering, and stammering Lorenz is. Their body language and vocal patterns are VERY revealing.
Or, if nothing else, watch it just for the t-shirt.
Put this in a time capsule. https://t.co/z4kn0Rjlkh
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) February 24, 2024
It is a perfect encapsulation of the state of journalism in 2024. And historians will marvel at the ineptitude of Lorenz the 'credentialed reporter' and the skillful rejection of her narratives by Raichik, the independent journalist.
Assuming, that is that any of us survive not wearing masks in 2024.
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