“We took the freedom of speech away.”
That isn’t a quote from Kim Jong Un, or Vladimir Putin, or Xi Jinping.
The President of the United States used those exact words in a public meeting at the White House this week.
"We took the freedom of speech away, because that's been through the courts, and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
Look — we love the American flag. We honor it. We very proudly put it on our shirts, hats, and other gear because of all it represents. We’d never think of burning it and do not support those who do.
But no matter how each of us feels about it, burning the American flag is still an act of Constitutionally protected free speech. It’s been decided multiple times by the Supreme Court. We don’t have to like it, but we’d die to protect that right because that’s what it means to support the Constitution. And that’s the oath we took.
The fact that a President of the United States is bragging about “taking the freedom of speech away” isn’t front-page news should be disturbing every single one of us. There should be universal condemnation. It should end his presidency. But the MAGA sycophants in Congress won’t do a thing to stop him, even as he shreds our rights in broad daylight.
Now, all of that might be true, and it may seem especially bleak, but we can’t have you lose hope. We have not, and we will not. Every person on the VoteVets team wakes up ready to go toe-to-toe with Trump and his goons.
This country, our Constitution, and our democracy – and free speech for all – are worth fighting for.
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