A man named John Allante McAuley was recently accused of “hate speech” by Councilwoman Cindy Bass during a Philadelphia City Council meeting. This, in turn, sparked accusations against the Pennsylvania politician, as many believed she was attacking the man’s freedom of speech.
The clip of the exchange was originally posted by McAuley on X and later amplified by right-wing accounts such as Libs of TikTok, where even more people criticized the councilwoman.
I just told Philadelphia City Council what racist white liberal, Margret Sanger said about black women and the black community! #FlipPhillyRed#MAGA 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/rjf5th0yq4
— John Allante McAuley (@AllanteMcAuley) April 16, 2026
In the footage, McAuley can be seen criticizing Democratic Councilwoman Cindy Bass. He accuses her of not caring about local children’s rights, arguing that she is allied with “racist White liberal Democrats” such as Margaret Sanger (a deceased figure who popularized birth control but was known to hold elitist views), that she “gives puberty blockers and hormones to our children,” and that she stands with “transgenders reading books to our people.”…