Silence is why America is in the shape it is. On Sunday, October 26. 2025 The Daily Wire ran this headline, “Silenced In Maine: How Standing Up For Girl’s Sports Cost Me My Voice.”
America’s founders appropriately recognized freedom of speech as the most fundamental right for a flourishing republic. But in today’s America, telling the truth carries a cost.
From social media bans to government censorship to silencing dissent inside our statehouses, the message is clear: if you dare to speak the truth, you will pay a price.
I witnessed this firsthand in Maine’s Democrat-controlled state house, where I was stripped of my right to speak for the people of Maine as their elected representative simply for highlighting biological differences between boys and girls in a state competition.
And the problem is getting worse, not better. Without a renewed commitment to our founding ideals, our society may become free in theory, but authoritarian in practice.
My experience in Maine began in February with a viral social media post. A biological male, who had placed fifth in the boys’ competition the year prior, won the girls’ state pole vault championship. Seeing his female competitor relegated to second place broke my heart.
I could not remain silent.
The Maine House Speaker demanded I delete my post. When I refused, I was stripped of my right to speak or vote in the Legislature. Unless and until I issued a formal apology, I would remain barred from representing the nearly 9,000 constituents who elected me.
“When they say that freedom isn’t free, that is a very true statement.” said Thomas Robb, National Director of the Knights Party of the Ku Klux Klan, centrally based in Harrison, Arkansas. “Many of our people have been silenced in recent years. It excellerated during the Obama and Biden Administrations. People were doxxed and their private lives laid bare for the country to see. People have lost friends, family, and jobs for speaking the truth. And sadly, people have been murdered for speaking the truth. Murder you say? Ask Charlie Kirk’s widow. Another way recently that we are being silenced is attacking news websites and social media sites. Most Social Media websites are run by radical Leftists and they just love you being reported for something someone else deems inappropriate. Automatically you’re silenced by them. Another way that most people don’t think of is Right-Wing websites. Not only are they attacked by hackers, but owners of these websites are charged higher fees to operate. Like they say, ‘money talks’. The Knights Party websites, AltrightTV.com and our public website as well are very expensive to operate because of the costs of higher security and keeping up with the latest technology. It’s to the point that many Right-Wing news websites and Social Media platforms have to keep asking for user and viewer donations to help cover the costs of operation. It’s not that they’re getting greedy, it goes back to the saying, ‘freedom isn’t free’, and believe me, the Knights Party feels the pinch of keeping up with the times with our websites.”
