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Edward Markey: “It urges all Trump administration officials to refrain from…”

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 04:31

It reaffirms that the First Amendment protects the right to speak truth to power, including and especially to to the most powerful person in our country. And It urges all Trump administration officials to refrain from using the machinery of government to punish or suppress dissent. This is not about partisanship. It is about principle. Presidents come, presidents go. But the First Amendment must endure. (04:31–04:40)

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Asserts that the resolution urges Trump administration officials not to use government power to suppress dissent.

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