Brazil’s Supreme Court announced on Sunday that it will be upholding a ban on Brazilians using X, formerly known as Twitter. The decision comes after the website refused to censor free speech on the platform. While this ruling has been met with pushback from free speech advocates, authoritarian politicians like Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison are celebrating.

Ellison took to the same platform now banned in Brazil to celebrate the country’s censorship. His campaign account posted “obrigado Brasil!” which is portuguese for “Thank You, Brazil.”

obrigado Brasil!

— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) September 2, 2024

Naturally, his post garnered national attention almost immediately. Ellison has served as controversial Minnesota’s Attorney General since 2019. He is most known for supporting Marxist ideology and defending Governor Tim Walz’s tyrannical COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 and 2021. 

To make matters worse, Ellison is now taunting Minnesotans with his Anti-American rhetoric. He is a corrupt politician who swore an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States – who now encourages and celebrates government censorship of speech.

Of course, this is more than a snarky comment on X. This is a dream for Ellison and the far-left in the United States. If and when they control every American institution, they will institute the same bans on free speech that you see in the worst of history's authoritarian regimes. We cannot say that we have not been warned.

As of writing, Ellison has not made any further comments regarding his statement.