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Edward Markey: “Donald Trump seems to have somehow missed the this part of…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Senator Markey Responds to Trump Attacks on Seth Meyers and Free Speech

Published | Video Starts at 02:09

And this right belongs equally to everyone from your family arguing about politics at Thanksgiving dinner to protesters and late night comics making fun of the President. Donald Trump seems to have somehow missed the this part of the Constitution. He thinks that the First Amendment has a hidden clause that prohibits criticism of him. This Trump exception flips the First Amendment on its head. Rather than protecting the public's right to speak, it protects Trump's right to be free from criticism. That's how kings think. (02:09–02:22)

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Asserts that President Trump misunderstands the First Amendment as prohibiting criticism of him.

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