Europe's Attacks On Free Speech, Elections Prove Vance Right

A French court banned Marine Le Pen from seeking public office for the next five years .

A toddler was booted from a U.K. preschool for being insufficiently supportive of LGBT politics.

This is exactly the kind of crackdown on free expression that Vice President J.D. Vance chastised European leaders about in February .

The European Union’s Digital Services Act , which took effect last year , ensures speech that authorities deem “hateful” can be punished across the continent.

Germans whose speech lands on the wrong side of the statute may have their homes raided by armed police, be slapped with fines or imprisoned, and/or have their phones and laptops confiscated.