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Glenn Grothman: “The supreme court at the time had to lecture...that we do…”

Featuring: Glenn Grothman, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 6

'Wake Up!': Glenn Grothman Sounds Alarm On Politicians Who View The '1st Amendment As An Obstacle'

Published November 22, 2024 | Video Starts at 04:15

We've been elected several times, we have the right to trample on somebody's free speech. And I certainly in election season would like there to be less or would prefer there … The supreme court at the time had to lecture...that we do not live in a democracy. … district. You do not have the right to say, certain people cannot buy time on television or send out mailings. (04:15–04:30)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court ruled against the McCain Feingold bill, emphasizing the U.S. is a republic, not a democracy.

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“The McCain Feingold bill wanted to restrict what people could say or how much time people could buy in an election.”
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“The state supreme court had to say...we have a republic.”
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“Our Constitution prevents people or allows people to say some things you might disagree with.”
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“Hillary Clinton felt that the government should control our lives [by moderating social media content].”
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“John Kerry called the First Amendment a major block in combating misinformation and fighting climate control.”
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“The Biden administration weighed in with Mark Zuckerberg and they didn't like it that people out there had different opinions about COVID.”
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“The Biden administration apparently contacted Mark Zuckerberg and his group saying that maybe there were things that the American public…”
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“Too many important people, and here we're talking about one president and two almost presidents wanted to end people's First Amendment…”
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“There are currently over 90 programs in the United States in which the benefits depend on something referred to as percent of poverty.”
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“Calculations penalize two-parent families if at least one of them is working a full-time job.”
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“In 1965, only 5% of the children born in this country were born to families that did not have both a mother and father at home.”
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“Over 40% of the families, the child is born without both parents at home.”
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“Programs like SNAP, Low Income Housing, Earned Income Tax, Medicaid, Pell Grant, TANF, Cash assistance, SSI Disability are inducements not…”
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“You can have situations in which there are 20, 30, $35,000 penalties for people who decide to get married.”
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“The government should be favoring people by the group that they are from.”
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“If you get a government contract, the government wants to know which ethnic group you are.”
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“You could be because you're 1/4 Hispanic or 1/4 Native American, you should get preferences to a program.”
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“America is so non racist in the first place.”
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“We ought to do all we can to get rid of these DEI specialists who encourage hate, encourage racism, encourage resentment.”
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“Spread a myth that we have a big white supremacist problem in this country.”
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“This government which has broke out of its mind ought to still have any bureaucrats who make this pitch throughout America.”
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“There are campaign promises aimed at individual ethnic groups rather than treating all Americans as one.”
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“Herbert Marcus, communist or radical socialist, has achieved his goal and that at least one political party plans to maintain power by…”
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“We have to provide a little bit more oomph behind our First Amendment.”
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“We have to be very careful to not discourage the formation of two parent families like we have in the last 60 years.”
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“We have to get rid of a bureaucracy which has grown up, which tries to divide America by ethnic background.”
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“We do not have a democracy, that James Madison and our forefathers would be shocked and stunned and disappointed if this land which they had…”
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