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Edward Markey: “In the United States of America, it is not illegal to…”

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 05:12

Not yours, not mine, not the press, not the public's. No one is safe. So I urge my colleagues to join me in sending a clear and bipartisan message. In the United States of America, it is not illegal to criticize the President of the United States. It is our constitutional rights to be able to criticize the president. We have to give our support to our government, to our nation, 100% of our time. (05:12–05:21)

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Asserts that it is not illegal to criticize the President in the U.S.

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