Former President Donald Trump and X owner Elon Musk affirmed their dedication to bolstering free speech Saturday, even as the left has endorsed censorship of its ideological opponents.
Trump promised to “restore free speech” at his rally Saturday in Butler, PA. During the rally, the GOP presidential nominee also lauded X owner Elon Musk for his efforts to shield speech from Big Tech censorship on the X platform. This came just after several Democrat politicians came out of the woodwork in support of censorship.
Trump returned to Butler this past weekend for the first time since he was shot in July. During his speech, the former president outlined his vision for America, specifically noting his intention to “restore free speech.” Trump also introduced Musk as the man who “saved free speech” when the X owner joined the GOP nominee on stage for a speech of his own.
The day after the rally, Musk commented, “So many prominent Democrats want to destroy the First Amendment!”
Musk’s post comes in reaction to former Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s anti-free speech comments to CNN host Michael Smerconish last week. She argued in the interview that online censorship is necessary or “we lose total control.”
But Clinton is far from the only Democrat pushing for increased online censorship. Former Biden-Harris climate envoy John Kerry said at a September World Economic Forum meeting, “our First Amendment stands as a major block to the ability to be able to just, you know, hammer [disinformation] out of existence.”
Tim Walz, the vice presidential running mate for Democrat Vice President and presidential hopeful Kamala Harris, mischaracterized free speech law during the 2024 Vice Presidential debate on CBS News in suggesting that censorship is necessary because people “can’t yell fire in a crowded theater.” This supposed standard actually refers to a nonbinding assertion in a 1919 Supreme Court opinion that was subsequently overturned in 1969.
But there’s more. Harris also repeatedly called for Big Tech to censor her rival Trump in 2019. And Rep. Adam Schiff and seven other Democrat congressmen sent a Sept. 30 letter to Big Tech CEOs pushing for more censorship, especially of Trump.
Both Republican and Independent candidates running against Biden and Harris, including Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Robert Kennedy Jr., were targeted for censorship this election cycle.
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