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Trump’s latest anti-free speech lawsuit against CBS proves he’s no free speech champion from the that’s-not-how-free-speech-works

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Trump is suing CBS over the way it edited a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris .

He says the way the interview was edited violates the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act .

This is one of the most blatant attacks on free speech rights and the First Amendment I ’ve seen in a while.

President Trump has filed a lawsuit against CBS over an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris .

The White House and CBS organizations he is suing are based in New York and Delaware .

RFK Jr. is attacking the First Amendment and free speech by using bogus lawsuits to challenge those in the media who don’t portray things the way he wants them portrayed.

So even the idea of “pulling CBS ’s license” makes no logical sense. But, either way, as we head into election day , the idea that Donald Trump is a free speech supporter is literally backwards. He’s spent years suing people for their speech, and now he’s even doing it in response to editorial discretion he dislikes. Donald Trump has no conception of free speech. He only supports speech he likes, and he is eager to punish any speech he dislikes..

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