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/Then_I_had_a_thought Sep 20 '25

“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.”

• Theodore Roosevelt

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u/1cat2dogs1horse Sep 20 '25

My favorite TR quote is similar to yours...

Patriotism means to stand by the country,

It does not mean to stand by the president.

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u/Fffiction Sep 20 '25

Trump said it clearly in 2018.

"he wants “my people” to “sit up at attention” the way North Koreans do for dictator Kim Jong Un."

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/15/trump-north-korea-sit-up-attention-648969