Lieu's Twitter not Under US Constitution?

Ted Lieu ‏@tedlieu23m

@San_Pedro_CA @SandraDGoetz My private Twitter account is not regulated by the Constitution.

I am very confused by this statement.

Does the state senator mean that people cannot share what they believe on Twitter?

Is the state senator suggesting that the government limit speech on Twitter?

This statement is disturbing.

I followed the Twitter thread which the state senator was sharing with other people.

There is @SandraDGoetz and also @San_Pedro_CA

Senator Lieu shared the following:

@San_Pedro_CA @SandraDGoetz False. This is my private account. The music group Berlin is awesome.

Yet His Twitter Account lists his website as a California State Senator

https://twitter.com/tedlieu

The state senator is alarmed by the fact that Sandra Goetz has contacted the state senator by twitter thirteen times today.

Frankly, I get tweets and attacks and good and bad all the time, I can choose to ignore or receive it as I see fit.

@San_Pedro_CA When I go watch a movie, do you have a problem with that? What about when I talk about a movie on my private Twitter account?

Sandra Goetz was sharing Tea Party Princples, yet the state senator has threatened to block her from sharing

Sandra Goetz ‏@SandraDGoetz4h

@tedlieu threatens to block me for asking questions about his attacks on the #Teaparty and others...I am his constituent

Here's the full extent of the Twitter Conversation:

1. Sandra Goetz ‏@SandraDGoetz7h

   @tedlieu bashes #TeaParty cant back up accusations. https://www.facebook.com/tedlieu/posts/524176867669757 …

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Ted Lieu‏@tedlieu

@SandraDGoetz I post articles about Tea Party. Here is another one. http://www.pressandguide.com/articles/2013/08/27/opinion/doc521b7cf4b7e0a091439552.txt?viewmode=default … Stop sending me numerous tweets or I will block u

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1. Brian Gray ‏@ArcticFlier774h

   @tedlieu @SandraDGoetz YEAH. Stop sending him tweets on Twitter!! [/sarcasm]

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2. San Pedro, CA. ‏@San_Pedro_CA3h

   @tedlieu @SandraDGoetz Sir, her taxes PAY for your twitter account. Block her. I dare you.

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3. San Pedro, CA. ‏@San_Pedro_CA2h

   @tedlieu @SandraDGoetz And while you're at it, you can inbpock me from your facebook for asking about illegal immigration.

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4. Ted Lieu ‏@tedlieu1h

   @San_Pedro_CA @SandraDGoetz Twitter is free, the same way u are using it. This is my private account. I can things like Browns are great.

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5. San Pedro, CA. ‏@San_Pedro_CA1h

   @tedlieu @SandraDGoetz Sir, you're acting as a state rep. A politician on this "account". anything you say or do is a legal activity.

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6. Ted Lieu ‏@tedlieu1h

   @San_Pedro_CA @SandraDGoetz Everything is recorded on the internet. But this is my private account. Go Dodgers! Gravity was a great movie!

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7. San Pedro, CA. ‏@San_Pedro_CA1h

   @tedlieu @SandraDGoetz If you discuss politics or policy, if is an official account. Or must I remind you of our tour discussion yesterday?

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8. San Pedro, CA. ‏@San_Pedro_CA1h

   @tedlieu @SandraDGoetz I will not relent sir. I will hold you accountable just as I would if you were someone I voted for.

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9. Ted Lieu ‏@tedlieu50m

   @San_Pedro_CA @SandraDGoetz When a user posts 13 times today before 1 pm, that is too much. I will block her unless she's more reasonable.

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    San Pedro, CA. ‏@San_Pedro_CA39m

    @tedlieu @SandraDGoetz 13 times? Sir, show me the US Constitution of the 12 post before noon limit.

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    Ted Lieu ‏@tedlieu35m

    @San_Pedro_CA @SandraDGoetz My private Twitter account is not regulated by the Constitution.

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12. Ted Lieu ‏@tedlieu29m

    @San_Pedro_CA @SandraDGoetz False. This is my private account. The music group Berlin is awesome.

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13. San Pedro, CA. ‏@San_Pedro_CA28m

    @tedlieu @SandraDGoetz Sir, again you are a servant to the People, you have no privacy. lest you didn't get the NSA Memo.

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    Sandra Goetz ‏@SandraDGoetz26m

    @tedlieu @San_Pedro_CA only because it took me 3 tweets to explain Tea Party principles to you, otherwise, only would have been 10.

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15. San Pedro, CA. ‏@San_Pedro_CA24m

    @tedlieu @SandraDGoetz Nothing false about it sir. With all due respect. If my "private" account isn't "private", neither is yours.

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16. San Pedro, CA. ‏@San_Pedro_CA15m

    @tedlieu @SandraDGoetz oh and, yes, Berlin was a fantastic group.

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17. Arthur C. Schaper ‏@ArthurCSchaper12m

    @tedlieu @San_Pedro_CA @SandraDGoetz Excuse me, @tedlieu? Are you saying that one's freedom of speech can be abridged on Twitter? Explain!

Senator Lieus is accountable to every constituent, and he uses his account to discuss political events which he attends, which he hosts, and he criticizes the TEA Party movement as the one and only cause for Government shut-down in Washington.

His stance is unacceptable.

Please call his office, and make it plain to state senator Lieu.

The First Amendment protects political discourse, whether on Twitter, Facebook, or anywhere else!

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