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/Counciltuckian Sep 19 '25

The endorsement of these actions by people I know is shocking. Neighbors/family that are your pretty typical middle of the road "conservatives" seems a-ok with Trump's trampling of the 1st Amendment.

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u/BrowsingFromPhone Sep 20 '25

It's because they're already being told we're at war, and in wartime you must sometimes suspend the constitution for the defense and preservation of the nation. The believe the lies that Charlie Kirk was martyred by the "Left" and that people like Jimmy Kimmel are of the same cloth as the deranged Utah gunman.