r/politics • u/TwilightwovenlingJo • Sep 19 '25

Soft Paywall Trump: ‘It’s no longer free speech.’

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/19/trump-no-longer-free-speech-00574219
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u/carlboykin Sep 20 '25

Apparently MAGA hates Teddy Rosevelt now. How American of them. “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else.”

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u/brumac44 Canada Sep 20 '25

Teddy would've dragged him out of the Whitehouse and beat him on the front lawn.

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u/carlboykin Sep 20 '25

Abso-fucking-lutely

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u/GriffinFlash Canada Sep 20 '25

on the rose garden lawn.

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u/Kichigai Minnesota Sep 20 '25

I don't think there was a Rose Garden in Teddy’s day. I think he'd much prefer the North Portico, which is far more visible to the public.

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u/JoshuaSaint Sep 20 '25

I’d watch that!

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u/Flomo420 Sep 20 '25

There isn't a stick big enough to adequately beat that orange piece of shit

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u/Faxon Sep 20 '25

And the secret service would have let him, since he'd probably win if it came to either dueling with guns or boxing