Thread by @asthegirlturns

For those who wanted the full thread in context, I am retweeting Avogato and then adding my comments to it as the quote thread below... 1/

Veena Dubal from her testimony at the February 26, 2019 Labor Committee hearing on #AB5.

This is one of the lies she told to reassure professionals that they truly would be exempt from AB5.

She totally gaslighted freelance journalists with this long thread. As @Gunn4DG pointed out, "Employment regulations don't violate the Constitution 'unless we want them to.' So, you can go ahead and violate the Constitution if you feel like."

For someone disinterested in #AB5, Veena Dubal willingly retweets without challenge or commentary Lorena Gonzalez's piffle and misinformation on AB5.

Veena Dubal actively insinuated herself in UI policy as it pertains to independent contractors in order to own Uber/Lyft. She diverted PUA funds from hundreds of drivers in order to get them to apply for straight UI and prove they were misclassified.

Then, when Veena and her colleagues were called on this, she accused @wuzhappn1 of libel because she dared repost this letter and comment on it.

In her February 26, 2019 testimony to the Labor committee, she BRAGGED about her scholarship being used in the Dynamex determination.

As Michael Alfera, who is an attorney, has pointed out, the recording of their use of her scholarship in the Dynamex decision is as plain as day.

Yet, as @wuzhappn1 points out, she claims, "She is a 'private citizen' who has 'no role' in the passage of AB5. She is beyond reproach. Any critique of her policies is deemed 'harassment'" Notice how the CNET fails to mention her testimony before the Labor Committee.

When Dubal stops advocating in podcasts/conferences/print abt AB5/Prop 22, then she will become a private citizen & casual observer. Until then, she is a public figure and accountable for her words, actions & advocacy. She is not beyond reproach. She can and should be critiqued.